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Copyright,  July,  1918,  by 

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or  THE  United  States  of  America 

Second  Edition,  1921 


PREFACE 

DAVID  LIVINGSTON,  pleading  for  prayers  and 
verses  in  small  compass,  brings  forward  the  old- 
time  petition  of  one  "quha  glaidlie  wald  carie  ane  thin 
buik  that  can  not  easilie  carie  the  hail  Psalmes,"  and 
he  asks  that  it  be  *'of  esie  price." 

This  little  *'buik  of  esie  price"  is  sent  out  in  the  hope 
that  it  may  encourage  women  who  are  working  to- 
gether for  the  Kingdom  of  God  in  the  use  of  more 
intimate  speech  with  the  "Great  Companion"  on  public 
occasions. 

In  some  of  these  prayers  there  are  to  be  recognized 
phrases  uttered  by  his  personal  friends  of  many  cen- 
turies, but  so  absorbed  as  heart  language  that  it  has 
become  impossible  to  ascribe  them  to  their  original 
sources. 

Through  these  gathered  orisons  may  there  be  estab- 
lished new  fellowship  with  the  heavenly  Father,  Whom 
to  know  is  life  eternal. 

Sarah  Truslow  Dickinson. 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

In  these  prayers  a  certain  number  of  phrases  and 
sentences  have  been  used  of  which  it  has  not  been 
feasible  to  determine  the  origin.  Aside  from  these, 
acknowledgment  is  made  of  the  following  sources  from 
which  prayers  have  been  drawn  by  permission  of  the 
publishers. 

'Trayers  Ancient  and  Modern,"  by  Mary  W.  Tilet- 
son.  Little,  Brown  and  Co.  Prayers  by  Christina  Ros- 
setti  and  John  Henry  Newman,  and  from  the  Moz- 
arabic  Liturg}^ 

"A  Book  of  Offices  and  Prayers."  Edwin  S.  Gorham. 
(By  permission  of  the  compilers.) 

"A  Chain  of  Prayer  across  the  Ages,"  by  Selina  F. 
Fox.  E.  P.  Dutton  and  Co.,  holders  of  American 
copyright  only.     Prayers  marked  with  an  asterisk. 

'Tra3Trs  and  Meditations,"  by  Henry  Sylvester 
Nash.     Longmans,  Green  and  Co. 

"With  God  in  Prayer,"  by  Bishop  Brent.  Copy- 
right, 1907,  by  George  W.  Jacobs  and  Co. 

"Prayers  Written  at  Vailima,"  by  Robert  Louis 
Stevenson.  Copyright,  1898,  1904,  by  Charles  Scrib- 
ner's  Sons. 

"Closet  and  Altar."    The  Pilgrim  Press. 


CONTENTS 

PAGE 

1 Richard  Dilworth 

Lew  Wallace    (in  "Ben  Hur") 
Book  of  Common  Prayer 

2 Jeremy  Taylor    (abridged) 

St.  Chrysostom:  Book  of  Common  Prayer 

Pericles;   Chain  of  Prayer 

John  Wesley;   Chain  of  Prayer 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash 

3 Alcuin;  Book  of  Common  Prayer 

John  Pearson;   Chain  of  Prayer 

) Christina  G.  Rossetti ;   Chain  of  Prayer 

Book  of  Common  Prayer   (adapted) 
Book  of  Common  Prayer 

5 Book  of  Hours;   Chain  of  Prayer 

Roman  Breviary 
A  Book  of  Offices  and  Prayers 

6 Anon. 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash   (abridged) 
Henry  Alford;  Chain  of  Prayer   (abridged) 

7 James   Martineau 

Anon. 
Treasury  of  Devotion,  Chain  of  Prayer 

8 Walter    Rauschenbusch 

9 Francis  Bourtillon 

Book  of  Common  Worship 
John  Henry  Jowett 

V 


vi  CONTENTS 

PAGE 

lo Sarum  Breviary;  Chain  of  Prayer 

From  Taylor's   Covenant 

Bishop  Brent,  in  "With  God  in  Prayer"  (adapted) 

1 1    Adapted  from  Matthew  Arnold  and  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 

S.  T.  D. 

12 Col.  III:i7    (adapted) 

Book  of  Common  Worship 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash  (adapted) 

S.  T.  D. 

13 Harry  Emerson  Fosdick   (adapted) 

14 Richard  Roberts 

John  Henry  Newman ;  Prayers  Ancient  and  Modern 

S.  T.  D. 

15 Book  of  Common  Worship 

J.  D. 
Richard  Roberts 

16 William  Bright 

Richard  Roberts  (adapted) 
Richard  Roberts 

17 Richard  Roberts 

St.  Augustine;  Chain  of  Prayer 
18     Antony  Ashley  Cooper,  Earl  of  Shaftesbury;  Chain  of 

Prayer 
Francis  Greenwood  Peabody 

19 Sursum  Corda;   Chain  of  Prayer 

Richard  Roberts 

20 S.  T.  D. 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash  (adapted) 

21 Gelasian  Sacramentary;  Chain  of  Prayer 

Anon 
22, 23 Dedication   Service,  Y.  W.   C.  A. 


CONTENTS  vii 

PAGE 

24 James  Martineau;   Chain  of  Prayer 

Francis  Bourtillon  (adapted) 

25 Anon. 

James  Martineau;  Chain  of  Prayer  (adapted) 

26 Richard   Roberts 

Anon. 
Henry  Sylvester  Nash 

27 Margaret   Burton 

Henry  Drummond  (adapted) 

28 S.   T.    D. 

Walter  Rauschenbusch 
29     .      .    Manual  of  the  Guild  of  St.  Peter;  Chain  of  Prayer 

Anon. 
Ps.  XIX:i4    (adapted) 

30 S.  T.  D. 

Christina  G.  Rossetti ;  Chain  of  Prayer 
Luke  1:78,  79  (adapted) 

31     .... Anon. 

W.  Wollaston;  Chain  of  Prayer 
Walter  Rauschenbusch 

32 Walter  Rauschenbusch 

33 Walter  Rauschenbusch 

34 Francis  Bourtillon 

35 Walter  Rauschenbusch 

Robert  Louis  Stevenson  (abridged) 

36 R.  L.  D. 

37 Anon. 

Book  of  Common  Worship   (adapted) 
Walter  Rauschenbusch  (abridged) 

38 S.  T.  D. 

"A  Delegate's  Prayers,"  Y.  W.  C.  A.  Convention, 

1913   (adapted) 


viii  CONTENTS 

PAGE 

39 Dedication   Service,  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

II  Cor.  XIII  :i4 

40 Richard  Roberts 

Book  of  Offices  and  Prayers   (abridged  and  altered) 
Calendar  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany,  Washington, 

D.  C. 

41 Charlotte  H.  Adams 

Mrs.  Abby  Aldridge  Rockefeller 

42 '    .        Richard  Roberts 

J.  Hunter,  "Devotional  Services" 

43 Book  of  Common  Prayer    (adapted) 

Richard  Roberts 

44  .      .    Bishop  Brent,  in  "With  God  in  Prayer"  (adapted) 

Mabel  Cratty 

45 Book  of  Common  Prayer    (adapted) 

R.  L.  D. 

46 J.  T.  D. 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash;  Book  of  Offices  and  Prayers 

47 J.   T.   D.    (adapted) 

Weaker  Rauschenbusch 

48     ... R.  L.  D. 

49 Radindranath  Tagore 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  Summer  Conference,  191 3 

50 R.  L.  D. 

51 St.  Patrick  (adapted) 

R.  L.  D. 

52 R.  L.  D. 

Samuel  H.  Howe,  D.D. 

53 Charlotte   H.  Adams 

^4 Francis  Bburtillon 

Book  of  Common  Prayer 
R.  L.  D. 


CONTENTS  ix 

PAGE 

55 Anon. 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash 
R.  L.  D. 
R.  L.  D. 

56 R.  L.  D. 

Lyman  Abbott   (adapted) 

57 Anon. 

Francis  Bourtillon 
Walter  Rauschenbusch 

58 Epistle  to  Hebrews 

Book  of  Common  Prayer 
John  Henry  Jowett 

59 John  Henry  Jowett 

60 S.  T.  D. 

Mozarabic  Liturgy;  Prayers  Ancient  and  Modern 
Bishop  Boyd  Carpenter;  Chain  of  Prayer 

61 Delia  Lyman  Porter 

John  Henry  Jowett 

6z John  Henry  Jowett 

63 Gordon   Calthrop ;    Chain   of   Prayer 

64 Mrs.  Emma  Bailey  Speer 

Henry  Sylvester  Nash 

65 Walter  Rauschenbusch  (abridged) 

John  Henry  Jowett 

66 John  Henry  Jowett 

67 James   T.    Vance 

68 Henry  Sylvester  Nash    (adapted) 

69 Book  of  Common  Prayer 

Anon. 
70     .      .    Christina  G.  Rossetti;  Prayers  Ancient  and  Modern 

St.  James   (adapted) 


X  CONTENTS 

PAGE 

71 Book  of  Common  Prayer 

John  Henry  Jowett  (adapted) 

72 Walter  Rauschenbusch   (abridged) 

73 St.  Paul 

Bishop  Joscelyne 

St.   Paul 

Book  of  Numbers  (adapted) 

Book  of   Genesis 

Book  of  Common  Prayer 

74 St.  Peter 

Book  of  Hebrews  (adapted) 

St.  Paul    (adapted) 

St.  Paul    (adapted) 

Anon. 

St.  Jude   (Weymouth) 

75 Bible  Readings 

(Variants  in  wording,  from  translations  by 

James  Moffatt,  D.D.,  R.  F.  Weymouth,  D.Lit.) 


FELLOWSHIP   PRAYERS 


SOLEMNIZE  the  thoughts  of  our  hearts,  O  God, 
as  we  address  ourselves,  this  morning,  to  the  reali- 
ties of  life.  Make  us  say  what  we  mean,  and  mean 
what  we  say,  when  we  pray: — 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  thy 
name;  thy  kingdom  come;  thy  will  be  done  on  earth 
as  it  is. in  heaven;  give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread; 
forgive  us  our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  those  who  tres- 
pass against  us;  and- lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but 
deliver  us  from  evil,  for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory  forever.     Amen. 

FATHER  of  all,  God,  all  we  have  is  of  Thee. 
_     Take  our  thanks,  and  teach  us, 
That  we  may  learn  to  do  thy  will. 

GRANT  to  us,  Lord,  we  beseech  Thee,  the  spirit  to 
think  and  to  do  always,  such  things  as  are  right; 
that  we,  who  cannot  do  anything  good  without  Thee, 
may  by  Thee  be  enabled  to  live  according  to  thy  will. 
Through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 


O  ALMIGHTY  God,  give  to  thy  servants  meek 
and  gentle  spirits,  that  they  may  be  sv^ift  to  hear, 
slow  to  speak,  and  slow  to  wrath.  Give  them  wise 
and  constant  hearts,  that  they  may  never  be  moved  to 
intemperate  anger  for  any  injury  done  or  offered  to 
them.  Lord,  let  us  ever  be  courteous,  easy  to  be  en- 
treated, and  desirous  to  be  reconciled.  Let  no  sickness 
or  accident,  no  employment  or  weariness,  make  us  un- 
gentle or  discontented,  .  .  .  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  who  has  given  us  grace  at  this 
time  with  one  accord  to  make  our  common  suppli- 
cations unto  Thee ;  and  dost  promise  that  when  two  or 
three  are  gathered  together  in  thy  name  Thou  wilt 
grant  their  requests;  fulfill  now,  O  Lord,  the  desires 
and  petitions  of  thy  servants,  as  may  be  most  expedient 
for  them ;  granting  us  in  this  world  knowledge  of  thy 
truth,  and  in  the  world  to  come  life  everlasting.     Amen. 

RANT  that  no  word  may  fall  from  me  against 
my  will  unfit  for  the  present  need.* 


o 


LORD,  let  us  not  live  to  be  useless:  for  Christ's 
sake.    Amen.* 


OGOD,  author  of  the  world's  joy,  bearer  of  the 
world's  pain ;  make  us  glad  that  we  are  women 
and  that  we  have  inherited  the  world's  burden ;  deliver 
us  from  the  luxury  of  cheap  melancholy;  and,  at  the 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 
2 


heart  of  all  our  trouble  and  sorrow,  let  unconquerable 
gladness  dwell;  through  our  Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  unto  whom  all  hearts  are 
open,  all  desires  known,  and  from  whom  no 
secrets  are  hid ;  cleanse  the  thoughts  of  our  hearts  by 
the  inspiration  of  thy  Holy  Spirit,  that  we  may  per- 
fectly love  Thee  and  worthily  magnify  thy  holy  name, 
through  Jesus  Christ  Our  Lord.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  and  eternal  God,  who  fillest  all 
space,  whom  nevertheless  no  space  can  contain; 
from  Thee,  as  the  source  of  all  things,  we  have  our  be- 
ing; to  Thee,  as  the  end  of  all  things,  we  draw  near. 
We  acknowledge  that  every  good  and  perfect  gift  is 
from  above.  May  thy  blessing,  therefore,  descend  upon 
us,  thy  servants,  who  apply  ourselves  to  our  work ;  .  .  . 
inspire  us  in  our  enterprises,  help  on  our  endeavors, 
promote  our  designs,  purify  our  minds  that  yearn  to 
know  themselves  and  Thee.  Be  present  with  us  and 
direct  such  works  as  we  undertake  in  dependence  on 
Thee  and  devote  to  thy  honor.  O  Father  of  lights, 
give  us  discernment  to  know  the  truth.  O  Father  of 
spirits,  give  us  courage  to  uphold  what  we  know  to  be 
true.  O  Prince  of  peace,  grant  us  wisdom  to  labor 
for  peace,  to  uproot  evil,  to  worship  Thee  with  one 
heart;  .  .  .  through  Jesus  Christ  thy  Son  our  Lord. 

Amen.* 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 

3 


MAKE  us  of  quick  and  tender  conscience,  O  Lord ; 
that  understanding,  we  may  obey  every  word  of 
thine  this  day,  and  discerning,  may  follow  every  sug- 
gestion of  thine  indwelling  Spirit.  Speak,  Lord,  for 
thy  servant  heareth ;  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

Amen.* 

DEFEND  us,  O  Lord,  with  thy  heavenly  grace, 
that  we  m.ay  continue  thine  forever,  and  daily  in- 
crease in  thy  Holy  Spirit  more  ^  and  more,  until  we 
come  unto  thy  everlasting  kingdom;  through  Je$us 
Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  Father  of  all  mercies,  we, 
thine  unworthy  servants,  do  give  Thee  most 
humble  and  hearty  thanks  for  all  thy  goodness  and 
loving  kindness  to  us,  and  to  all  men.  We  bless  Thee 
for  our  creation,  preservation,  and  all  the  blessings 
of  this  life ;  but  above  all,  for  thine  inestimable  love 
in  the  redemption  of  the  world  by  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ;  for  the  means  of  grace,  and  for  the  hope  of 
glory.  And,  w^e  beseech  Thee,  give  us  that  due  sense 
of  all  thy  mercies,  that  our  hearts  may  be  unfeignedly 
thankful;  and  that  we  show  forth  thy  praise,  not  only 
with  our  lips,  but  in  our  lives,  by  giving  up  ourselves 
to  thy  service,  and  by  walking  before  Thee  in  holi- 
ness and  righteousness  all  our  days;  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord,  to  whom,  with  Thee  and  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  all  honor  and  glory,  world  without  end. 

Amen. 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 


OGOD,  who  art  Love,  grant  to  thy  children  to 
bear  one  another's  burdens  in  perfect  good  will, 
that  thy  peace  which  passeth  understanding  may  keep 
our   hearts   and    minds    in     Christ   Jesus   our    Lord. 

Amen.* 

OLORD,  we  beseech  Thee  that  thy  people  may 
grow  ever  in  love  toward  Thee,  their  Father 
w^ho  art  in  heaven,  and  may  so  be  schooled  by  holy 
works,  that  ever,  as  Thou  dost  pour  thy  gifts  upon 
them,  they  may  walk  before  Thee  in  all  such  things 
as  be  well-pleasing  in  the  sight  of  thy  divine  Majesty. 

Amen. 

OMOST  loving  Jesus,  pattern  of  charity,  who 
makest  all  the  commandments  of  the  law  to  con- 
sist in  love  towards  God  and  towards  man;  grant  us 
so  to  love  Thee  with  all  our  heart,  with  all  our  mind, 
and  all  our  soul,  and  our  neighbor  for  thy  sake,  that 
the  grace  of  charity  and  brotherly  love  may  dwell  in 
us,  and  all  envy,  harshness,  and  ill-w^ill  may  die  in 
us;  fill  our  hearts  with  feelings  of  love,  kindness,  and 
compassion ;  so  that  by  constantly  rejoicing  in  the  hap- 
piness and  good  success  of  others,  by  sympathizing  with 
them  in  their  sorrow^s,  and  putting  away  all  harsh 
judgments  and  envious  thoughts,  we  may  follow  Thee, 
who  art  Thyself  the  true  and  perfect  Love.     Amen. 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 


ALMIGHTY  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  of  whom  the  whole  family  in  Heaven 
and  earth  is  named,  vouchsafe  unto  us  who  now  seek  to 
draw  near  unto  Thee  the  help  of  thy  Holy  Spirit, 
that  we  may  worship  Thee  with  lowly,  penitent  and 
J  obedient  hearts,  that  all  those  things  may  please  Thee 
;-  that  we  do  at  this  time,  and  that  by  our  prayers  and 
thoughts  we  may  be  strengthened  to  make  our  whole 
life  an  offering  pure  and  acceptable  in  thy  sight: 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

O  MASTER  of  men,  set  our  hearts  on  fire  with 
the  desire  to  know  thy  blessed  will,  and  send  us 
forth  amongst  thy  people  to  teach  and  to  save;  .  .  . 
set  us  free  from  vanity  and  fear,  to  the  end  that  thine 
everlasting  Gospel  may  through  us  reach  the  world 
without  hurt  or  hindrance;  .  .  .  give  us,  O  our 
Teacher,  the  lowliness  and  loftiness  of  mind  becoming 
those    who    are    thinking    thy    thoughts    after   Thee. 

Amen. 

OLORD,  teach  us  to  sacrifice  our  comforts  to 
others,  and  our  likings  for  the  sake  of  doing  good. 
Make  us  kindly  in  thought,  gentle  in  word,  generous 
in  deed.  Teach  us  that  it  is  better  to  give  than  to 
receive;  better  to  forget  ourselves  than  to  put  our- 
selves forward ;  better  to  serve  others  than  to  be  served 
ourselves.  And  unto  Thee,  the  God  of  Love,  be  praise 
forever.    Amen.* 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 

6 


ETERNAL  God,  who  committest  to  us  the  swift 
and  solemn  trust  of  life;  since  we  know  not 
what  a  day  may  bring  forth,  but  only  that  the  hour 
for  serving  Thee  is  always  present,  may  we  wake  to 
the  instant  claims  of  thy  holy  will;  not  waiting  for 
to-morrow,  but  yielding  to-day.  Consecrate  with  thy 
presence  the  way  our  feet  may  go ;  and  the  humblest 
work  will  shine,  and  the  roughest  places  be  made  plain. 
Lift  us  above  unrighteous  anger  and  mistrust  into  faith 
and  hope  and  charity  by  a  simple  and  steadfast  reliance 
on  thy  sure  will.  In  all  things  draw  us  to  the  mind 
of  Christ,  that  thy  lost  image  may  be  traced  again, 
and  Thou  may'st  own  us  as  at  one  with  Him  and 
Thee.  .  .  .  Amen.* 

LORD,  these  things  we  would  do:  Succeed,  live 
well,  laugh  often,  love  much,  gain  the  respect  of 
intelligent  men,  and  the  love  of  little  children,  and 
leave  the  world  a  bit  better  than  we  found  it.  May 
we  never  lack  appreciation  of  the  beauty  about  us  or 
fail  to  express  it ;  and  always  look  for  the  best  in  others, 
and  give  to  others  the  best  we  have  in  us:  that  thus, 
in  some  sense,  our  lives  might  be  an  inspiration  and  our 
memory  a  benediction.    Amen. 

OGOD,  who  knowest  that  we  are  not  sufficient  of 
ourselves  to  think  anything  as  of  ourselves,  but 
that  all  our  sufficiency  is  of  Thee,  assist  us  with  thy 
grace  in  all  the  work  which  we  are  to  undertake  this 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 

7 


week.  Direct  us  in  it  by  thy  wisdom,  support  us  by  thy 
power,  that  doing  our  duty  diligently,  we  may  bring  it 
to  a  good  end  so  that  it  may  be  profitable  to  our  souls 
and  tend  to  the  greater  glory  of  thy  Name;  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen.* 


WE  praise  Thee,  O  God,  for  our  friends  and 
fellow-workers,  for  the  touch  of  their  hands 
and  the  brightness  of  their  faces,  for  the  cheer  of  their 
words  and  the  outflow  of  good  will  that  refreshes  us. 

Grant  us  the  insight  of  love  that  we  may  see  them  as 
Thou  seest,  not  as  frail  mortals,  but  as  radiant  chil- 
dren of  God  who  have  wrought  patience  out  of  tribu- 
lation and  who  bear  in  earthen  vessels  the  treasures 
of  thy  grace. 

May  nought  mar  the  joy  of  our  fellowship  here. 
May  none  remain  lonely  and  hungry  of  heart  among 
us.  Let  none  go  hence  without  the  joy  of  new  friend- 
ships. Give  us  more  capacity  for  love  and  a  richer 
consciousness  of  being  loved.  Overcome  our  coldness 
and  reserve  that  we  may  throw  ajar  the  gates  of  our 
heart  and  keep  open  house  this  day. 

Lift  our  human  friendships  to  the  level  of  spiritual 
companionship.  May  we  realize  Thee  as  the  eternal 
bond  of  our  unity.  Shine  upon  us  from  the  faces  of 
thy  servants,  Thou  all-pervading  beauty,  that  in  lov- 
ing them  we  may  be  praising  Thee.  Through  Christ, 
our  Lord.     Amen. 

*  From   "A  Chain  of  Prayer."     By  permission. 

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MAY  an  Influence  for  good  reach  every  dweller 
in  this  house,  and  go  forth  from  it,  through  us, 
to  all  whose  lives  our  lives  touch.  Thou  dost  make 
men  to  be  of  one  mind  in  a  house.  Let  it  be  in  this 
house  to-day;  may  we  live  together  in  peace,  as  a 
Christian  household.  Make  us  ready  to  help  one 
another,  and  teach  us  to  be  merciful  to  one  another's 
faults.  Ketp  us  from  provoking  one  another  in  word 
or  deed,  and  make  us  willing  to  forgive.     Amen. 

OTHOU  who  art  able  to  do  exceeding  abun- 
dantly above  all  that  we  ask  or  think,  send  us 
forth  this  morning  with  a  clean  spirit  and  a  joyful 
courage,  and  with  strength  sufficient  for  our  needs. 
Let  not  the  needful  study  and  business  of  this  life  steal 
away  our  hearts  from  Thee.  Sanctify  both  our 
thought  and  our  work,  that  we  begin  an  action  only 
with  pure  intent,  and  continue  it  only  with  thy  bless- 
ing. Help  us  to  see  a  little  into  the  heart  of  trouble, 
and  to  do  something  to  uplift  those  who  are  discour- 
aged or  unhappy,  or  forgotten  of  their  fellow-men. 
To  us  Thou  hast  given  this  day  in  trust;  may  we 
return  it  to  Thee  in  service.  To  do  justly,  to  love 
mercy,  to  walk  humbly  with  Thee,  our  God,  or  to 
go,  this  day,  one  step  nearer  thereto — this  is  our  pur- 
pose.    Amen. 

GRACIOUS  God,  remember  us,  we  beseech  Thee, 
in  our  work  this  day.  If  it  be  thy  will,  give 
unto  us  a  prosperous  day.  May  all  our  work  be  well 
done.    May  we  turn  nothing  out  half  done.     May  we 

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glorify  Thee  by  honest  good  work;  for  the  sake  of 
Him  who  completed  his  work  for  us,  even  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen. 

IN  this  hour  of  this  day,  fill  us,  O  Lord,  with  thy 
mercy,  that  rejoicing  throughout  the  whole  day, 
we  may  take  delight  in  thy  praise;  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord.     Amen.* 

DEAR  Lord,  we  do  here  vow  and  promise  to  do 
our  utmost  endeavor  that  what  Thou  wiliest  we 
also  shall  will.  Come  sickness,  come  health;  come 
pleasure,  come  pain ;  bitter,  or  sweet ;  cold,  or  dry ; 
whatever  Thou  wiliest,  that  shall  we  also  will;  and 
desire  altogether  to  come  out  from  our  own  will,  and 
to  yield  a  whole  and  willing  obedience,  and  not  to 
desire  aught  else,  either  in  will  or  thought,  only  to  let 
thy  will  be  accomplished  in  us,  that  thy  kingdom 
come,  which  same  kingdom  of  heaven  cometh,  not 
even  when  thy  will  is  our  law,  but  when  thy  will  is 
our  will.     Amen. 

OUR  constant  appeal  to  Thee,  our  King,  so  works 
upon  our  personality  as  to  make  it  possible  for 
Thee  to  control  our  destinies  to  our  fullest  benefit, 
giving  to  our  life  of  prayer  that  security  which  fellow- 
ship with  Thee  imparts.  Thy  unlocked  for  succour 
rushes  in  to  support  us  in  moments  of  trial,  handling 
our  affairs  according  to  thy  large  purpose,  managing 

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our  concerns  to  our  advantage.  Make  us  skilled  to 
hear  the  music  of  thy  counsels.  Thou  rememberest 
what  we  have  placed  in  thy  hands — let  us  forget  to 
be  anxious.  May  we  give  service  that  is  love  trans- 
lated into  action,  occupied  in  thy  work  without  divi- 
sion of  interests.  Let  us  begin  this  day  with  a  cheerful 
outlook,  enter  heaven  and  sojourn  there  in  order  to 
understand  the  meaning  of  life  and  do  the  work  that 
lies  before  us  in  the  world.    Amen. 

THOU  Eternal  not  ourselves  that  maketh  for 
righteousness,  so  give  us  to  breathe  the  atmos- 
phere of  thy  influence  that  we  show  in  our  living  that 
a  little  integrity  is  better  than  any  career;  nor  forget 
that  no  performance  is  worth  loss  of  geniality;  and 
assume  always  toward  our  neighbor  that  attitude  that 
expects  nobleness.  Keep  our  faces  to  the  cheer  and 
the  certainties  of  our  rich  opportunities.  Check  our 
barking  at  the  negatives,  and  nerve  us  with  incessant 
affirmatives.  And  let  our  good  hours  cease  to  be  occa- 
sional.    We  ask  in  thy  Spirit.     Amen. 

THOU  art  not  weary  of  our  prayers — let  us  not 
be  weary  of  praying.  Let  us  talk  with  Thee  and 
listen  to  thy  answers  to  our  speech,  as  friend  talks  with 
friend,  in  intimate  discussion  and  closest  confidence. 
Oh,  our  Great  Companion,  enter  the  very  heart  of  our 
life  with  the  sense  of  thy  nearness  and  loving  friend- 
ship, that  no  intimacy  of  earth  may  seem  nearer,  nor 
any  lack  Thee  in  the  closest  ties  of  family.     Though 

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we  are  so  unworthy,  Thou  hast  delivered  ourselves  to 
our  own  care,  as  if  to  say:  "I  had  no  fitter  to  trust 
than  you."  May  we  accept  such  trust,  in  wonder  of 
affection  toward  Thee  who  wilt  give  grace  to  us  that 
we  may  honor  thy  belief  in  our  best  selves.  Give  us 
to  live  greatly,  with  free  spirit  and  deep  joy  because 
we  are  beyond  any  doubt  the  children  of  God,  and  the 
loved  companions  of  Jesus  Christ.    Amen. 

MAY  the  blessing  of  God  be  with  us  all,  that  what- 
soever we  do,  in  word  or  in  deed,  we  do  all  in 
the  spirit  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  giving  thanks  to  God  the 
Father.    Amen. 

MAY  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  so  enrich  us 
with  His  heavenly  grace,  that  at  the  last  we 
shall  hear  Him  saying  unto  us: — Well  done,  good  and 
faithful  servant;  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord. 

Amen. 

OGOD,  Inspirer  and  Teacher  of  men,  who  art 
the  truth  Thou  lovest;  send  out  thy  light  and 
illumine  us.  Give  us  a  deep  and  clear  knowledge  of 
ourselves;  help  us  to  a  growing  knowledge  of  our 
world ;  confirm  in  us  the  holiness  of  true  reason ; 
strengthen  in  us  the  aspiration  towards  noble  and  spa- 
cious thinking,  .  .  .  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Saviour. 

O  MASTER-BUILDER,  in  this  great  cit>^  of 
thine  there  is  much  work  to  be  done:  and  we 
ask  Thee  to  use  us,  who  come  before  Thee,  this  day. 
We  see  many  evil  places  that  should  be  torn  down  and 

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rebuilt  for  safe  living;  waste  places  that  should  be 
made  fruitful ;  and  opportunities  for  new  building  of 
character.  We  are  appalled  at  our  own  littleness, 
until  we  turn  our  eyes  to  thj^  greatness.  Give  us,  we 
beseech  Thee,  strength  and  wisdom  for  the  planning 
now  before  us;  may  we  have  large  comprehension,  and 
keen  insight,  and  courage  from  thy  companionship  in 
work.  Teach  us  to  know  what  we  should  do  and 
how  it  should  be  done.  Give  us,  we  pray,  more  work- 
ers to  share  our  burdens,  more  givers  of  thy  riches  in 
trust.  Use  us,  that  we  may  be  in  thy  great  plan — 
nor  left  alone  to  our  own  small  doing;  use  us,  that 
we  may  grow  in  grace  and  in  the  knowledge  of  Thee, 
whom  to  know  is  life  eternal.     Amen. 

GIVE  to  us,  every  one,  the  "preparedness  of  the 
Gospel  of  peace,"  that  lifting  power  that  makes 
the  most  of  adversity,  that  invincible  love  that  volun- 
tarily overspreads  and  saturates  the  necessary,  that 
surplus  tenderness  and  unwearied  willingness  to  over- 
pass a.V  boundaries  so  that  the  sting  of  compulsion  is 
gone.  May  we  have  that  supernally  divine  sense  that 
never  discovers  limits  to  love  in  all  our  wide  horizons, 
so  exhaustless  in  its  willingness  to  serve  with  unstinted, 
superabundant  heartiness  that  work  and  duty  are  glori- 
fied privilege,  all  blessings  large  with  thy  favor,  all 
trials  meaningful  with  purpose.  May  the  surprises 
of  kindliness  carry  us  bej-ond  obligation  to  the  second 
mile  of  unmeasured  love  and  service,  not  only  to  those 
we  love  but  to  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth.      Amen. 

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GOOD  Lord,  deliver  us  from  envy,  hatred  and 
malice,  from  all  uncharitableness,  from  needless 
perplexity,  from  untimely  projects,  from  the  devil's 
power  and  craft,  from  the  deceitfulness  of  riches,  from 
all  sin  and  from  eternal  death. 

Good  Lord,  deliver  us  from  coldness  to  thy  merits 
and  death,  from  the  loss  of  our  joy  in  Thee,  from 
error  and  misunderstanding,  from  hypocrisy  and  fanat- 
icism, from  pride,  vanity,  and  hardness  of  heart,  from 
unhallowed  ambition,  and  from  the  influence  of  the 
spirit  of  this  world.     Amen. 

LORD,  we  give  ourselves  to  Thee — we  trust  Thee 
wholly.  Thou  art  wiser  than  we  can  be — more 
loving  to  us  than  we  can  be  to  ourselves.  Deign  to 
fulfill  thy  high  purposes  in  us,  whatever  they  may  be 
— work  in,  and  through  us.  .  .  .  We  ask  not  to  see. 
.  .  .  We  ask  not  to  know.  .  .  .  We  ask  simply  to  be 
used.     Amen. 

THY  kingdom  come,  our  Father,  who  'art  in 
heaven  and  on  earth!  The  earth  is  thine,  and 
we  are  thine.  All  that  we  have  failed  to  be,  as  part 
of  thy  kingdom  of  love  and  eternal  life,  do  Thou,  we 
entreat  Thee,  blot  out  from  thy  remembrance,  that 
we  may  turn  with  new  hope  to  that  which  Thou  canst 
make  of  us,  as  women  working  together  in  thy  service, 
striving  to  win  our  sisters  into  the  safety  and  joy  of 
thy  kingdom,  in  a  fellowship  of  love  wide  as  thy 
world.     Amen. 

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OGOD:  light  of  the  hearts  that  see  Thee;  life  of 
the  souls  that  love  Thee ;  strength  of  the  thoughts 
that  seek  Thee;  from  whom  to  turn  away  is  to  fall; 
to  whom  to  turn  to  is  to  rise;  in  whom  to  abide  is 
to  stand  fast  forever ;  vouchsafe  to  us  the  knowledge  of 
thy  presence,  as  we  gather  here  to  turn  to  Thee,  to 
set  our  purposes  and  our  faces  for  another  week  toward 
that  light  and  life  and  strength.  Grant  unto  us, 
we  beseech  Thee,  that  we  may  desire  earnestly,  search 
wisely,  perceive  truly,  and  fulfill  perfectly,  those 
things  that  are  pleasing  in  thy  sight.     Amen. 

OUR  loving  Father,  who  considerest  even  the  spar- 
row's fall,  be  with  those  we  love,  from  whom 
we  are  parted.  May  we  never  doubt  that  they  are 
safe  in  thy  care,  for  we  know  whom  we  have  be- 
lieved, and  are  persuaded  that  Thou  art  able  to  keep 
those  we  have  committed  unto  Thee.  May  we  remem- 
ber that  with  confidence  they  and  we  may  go  ''with 
God  over  the  sea,"  but  "without  Him,  not  over  the 
threshold."  This  we  ask  in  the  name  of  Him  who 
taught  us  that  God  is  Love,  and  watches  between 
them  and  us  when  we  are  absent,  one  from  another. 

Amen. 

WE  worship  Thee,  O  God:  in  thy  Church 
throughout  the  world,  in  the  Holy  Spirit  who 
guides  us  into  all  truth  in  every  holy  impulse  and 
every  holy  life,  in  every  victory  over  evil  within  and 
without,  in  every  outgoing  of  love,  service,  and  devo- 

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tlon,  In  every  vision  of  thy  purpose  and  thy  kingdom 
on  earth.     Amen. 

OGOD,  the  Sovereign  Good  of  the  soul,  who 
requirest  the  hearts  of  all  thy  children,  deliver 
us  from  all  sloth  in  thy  work,  all  coldness  in  thy  cause ; 
and  grant  us  by  looking  unto  Thee  to  rekindle  our 
love,  and  by  waiting  upon  Thee  to  renew  our  strength ; 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

OGOD,  whose  nature  and  property  it  is  ever  to 
have  mercy  and  to  forgiVe,  receive  our  humble 
confessions: — for  our  fretful  sufferance  of  wrong;  .  .  . 
for  our  intolerance,  injustice  and  uncharitableness ;  for 
our  readiness  to  blame  and  our  want  of  thoughtful- 
ness,  patience,  kindness,  and  sympathy  in  our  social 
relations;  for  all  the  goodness  of  life  which  we  have 
received  thanklessly;  for  the  strength  which  we  have 
wasted;  for  the  gifts  we  have  not  cultivated;  for  the 
opportunities  which  we  have  neglected ;  .  .  .  for  our 
selfish  comfort  amid  the  wrongs,  oppressions  and  sor- 
rows of  life;  for  our  undue  and  exclusive  regard  to 
our  own  interests;  for  our  lack  of  brotherhood  and 
neglect  of  the  service  of  humanity, — have  mercy  upon 
us,  O  Lord.    Amen. 

THE  Lord's  name  be  praised  for  the  work  we  are 
enabled  to  do,  and  the  truth  we  are  permitted 
to  learn;  for  whatever  of  good  there  has  been  in  our 
past  lives,  and  for  all  the  hopes  and  aspirations  which 
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lead  us  on  toward  better  things;  for  the  order  and 
constancy  of  nature ;  for  the  beauty  and  bounty  of  the 
world;  .  .  .  for  all  the  comforts  and  gladness  of  life; 
for  our  homes  and  all  our  home  blessings;  for  our 
friends  and  all  the  pleasures  of  social  intercourse;  .  .  . 
for  the  desire  and  power  to  help  others;  for  every 
opportunity  of  serving  our  generation  according  to  thy 
will,  and  manifesting  the  grace  of  Christ  to  men ;  for 
all  the  discipline  of  life;  for  the  tasks  and  trials  by 
which  we  are  trained  to  patience,  self-knowledge  and 
self-conquest,  and  brought  into  closer  sj^mpathy  with 
our  suffering  brethren ;  and  for  troubles  that  have  lifted 
us  nearer  Thee  and  drawn  us  into  deeper  fellowship 
with  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

OGOD,  the  Strength  of  the  weak,  the  Refuge  of 
the  sorrowful,  we  pray  Thee  to  have  compas- 
sion on  those  who  are  worn  with  toil;  to  defend  and 
cherish  all  little  children ;  to  bless  and  support  all  aged 
persons;  to  protect  all  who  travel  by  land  or  sea;  to 
comfort  those  who  are  suffering  in  body  or  mind;  to 
extend  thy  mercy  to  the  oppressed,  and  especially  to 
those  who  are  persecuted  for  righteousness'  sake;  to 
deliver  the  tempted  and  bring  back  all  who  have  wan- 
dered from  thy  way.    Amen. 

OLORD,  our  Saviour,  who  hast  warned  us  that 
Thou  wilt  require  much  of  those  to  whom  much 
is  given;  grant  that  we  whose  lot  is  cast  in  so  goodly 
a  heritage  may  strive  together  the  more  abundantly 

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by  prayer,  by  almsgiving,  by  fasting,  and  by  every 
other  appointed  means,  to  extend  to  others  what  we 
so  richly  enjoy;  and  as  we  have  entered  into  the  labors 
of  other  men,  so  to  labor  that  in  their  turn  other  men 
may  enter  into  ours,  to  the  fulfilment  of  thy  holy  will ; 
.  .  .  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen.* 

OGOD,  the  Father  of  the  forsaken,  the  help  of 
the  weak,  the  supplier  of  the  needy,  who  hast 
diffused  and  proportioned  thy  gifts  to  body  and  soul, 
in  such  sort  that  all  may  acknowledge  and  perform  the 
joyous  duty  of  mutual  serVice;  who  teachest  us  that 
love  towards  the  race  of  men  is  the  bond  of  perfect- 
ness,  and  the  imitation  of  thy  blessed  self;  open  our 
eyes  and  touch  our  hearts,  that  we  may  see  and  do, 
both  for  this  world  and  for  that  which  is  to  come,  the 
things  which  belong  to  our  peace.  Strengthen  us  in 
the  work  we  have  undertaken ;  give  us  counsel  and 
wisdom,  perseverance,  faith  and  zeal,  and  in  thine  own 
good  time,  and  according  to  thy  pleasure,  prosper  the 
issue.  Pour  into  us  a  spirit  of  humility ;  let  nothing  be 
done  but  in  devout  obedience  to  thy  will,  and  thank- 
fulness for  thine  unspeakable  mercies.  .  .  .  Amen.* 

WE  pray  Thee  for  that  which  we  most  deeply 
want,  we  open  to  Thee  the  realities  of  our 
heart  and  seek  the  blessing  most  sincerely  desired — 
to  know  the  will  of  God  and  to  do  it.  Make  us  open- 
minded  to  good,  free  from  the  curse  of  conceit;  may 

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we  stop  and  let  Thee  speak  to  us,  asking  for  the  grace 
of  Jesus  Christ.  May  we  keep  the  soil  of  life  soft, 
its  sympathy  tender.  Keep  our  souls  in  training,  O 
great  Physician,  ready  for  the  strain  and  effort  of  life ; 
not  the  slave  of  circumstance;  bearing  with  incom- 
pleteness, working  not  for  temporary  results  but  for 
permanent  achievement.  May  there  be  more  consid- 
erateness  in  our  daily  life,  a  natural  and  spontaneous 
self-forgetfulness,  a  free  and  generous  offering  of 
uncalled-for  kindness.  May  we  keep  room  for  God, 
and  give  to  others  the  message  given  to  us  by  Thee. 

Amen. 

GRANT,  O  Lord,  that  all  whom  Thou  dost  choose 
to  work  for  Thee  may  this  day  labor  in  union 
with  thy  holy  purposes  and  in  living  unity  with  thy 
dear  Son  Jesus  Christ,  that  by  the  power  of  thy  Holy 
Spirit  they  may  accomplish  far  more  than  they  ever 
know,  and  work  not  for  results,  but  for  the  single  love 
of  Thee.     Amen.* 

WE  humbly  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord,  give  us  knowl- 
edge of  ourselves,  our  powers  and  weaknesses. 
Teach  us  by  thy  Word,  by  the  judgment  of  others, 
by  examination  of  ourselves:  give  us  earnest  desire  to 
strengthen  ourselves  continually  by  study,  by  diligence, 
by  prayer  and  meditation ;  and  save  us  from  all  delu- 
sions and  prejudices,  individual  or  corporate.  Chiefly, 
O  Lord,  we  pray  Thee,  give  us  knowledge  of  Thee, 

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to  see  Thee  in  all  thy  works,  always  to  feel  thy  pres- 
ence near  and  to  hear  thy  call.  Uplift  our  hearts  in 
new  love,  energy,  and  devotion,  that  we  may  be  unbur- 
dened from  the  grief  and  shame  of  past  faithlessness 
and  go  forth  in  thy  strength  to  persevere  through  suc- 
cess and  failure,  through  good  report  and  evil  report 
ever  to  the  end.     Amen. 

OOUR  Father!  Thou  knowest  us,  thy  children, 
better  than  we  know  ourselves.  Thou  knowest 
our  essential  weaknesses  and  our  potential  strengths. 
Give,  we  pray  Thee,  thy  Fatherly  correction  to  what 
is  wrong  in  us  and  in  our  work;  and  nerve  us  with 
thy  indwelling  Spirit  to  make  ourselves  and  our  en- 
deavors worthy  of  Thee,  by  whose  Name  we  are  called. 
Enlarge  our  horizons  that  we  may  see  beyond  the 
present  plans  into  futures  glowing  with  beauty  and 
beneficence.  May  we  ever  press  forward — our  hands 
clinging  to  thy  leading  hand,  our  ears  listening  to  thy 
voice,  hour  by  hour,  day  after  day,  and  our  eyes  look- 
ing upward  into  thy  face,  that  we  may  reflect  the 
glory  of  thy  presence  with  us.    Amen. 

OGOD,  day  by  day  lead  us  deeper  into  the  mys- 
tery of  life,  and  make  us  interpreters  of  life  to 
our  fellows.  .  .  .  O  blessed  Jesus,  who  didst  bid  all 
those  who  carry  heavy  burdens  to  come  unto  Thee; 
refresh  us  with  thy  presence  and  thy  power.  Quiet 
our  understandings  and  give  ease  to  our  hearts  by 
bringing  us  close  to  things  infinite  and  eternal.  Open 
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to  us  the  mind  of  God,  that  in  his  h'ght  we  may  see 
light.  And  crown  thy  choice  of  us  to  be  thy  min- 
isters by  making  us  springs  of  strength  and  joy  for 
those  whom  Thou  hast  sent  us  to  serve.     Amen. 

OGOD  of  unchangeable  power  and  eternal  light, 
look  favorably  upon  thy  whole  Church:  ...  let 
the  whole  world  feel  and  see  that  things  which  were 
cast  down  are  being  raised  up,  that  those  which  had 
grown  old  are  being  made  new,  and  that  all  things 
are  returning  to  perfection;  through  Him  from  whom 
they  took  their  origin,  even  Jesus  Christ  thy  Son  our 
Lord.     Amen.* 

OUR  Father,  may  we  step  out  of  self-life  into 
Christ-life.  .  .  .  Lay  thy  healing  hands  upon  our 
souls,  and  draw  all  the  hurry  and  fever  from  our  veins. 
May  we  realize  that  we  are  not  mighty,  or  impor- 
tant, but  only  little  children  with  a  Father's  gentle 
bidding  to  heed  and  fulfil.  Let  us  lay  our  busy  plans 
and  ambitions  confidently  in  thy  hands.  May  we 
serve  Thee  by  waiting,  cease  to  hurry  so  that  we  lose 
sight  of  thy  face;  learn  to  follow  Thee  and  not  run 
ahead  of  orders;  cease  to  live  in  self  and  for  self,  and 
live  in  Thee  for  Thee;  love  thy  honor  more  than  our 
own;  and  be  a  clear  medium  for  thy  life-tide  to  shine 
and  glow  through.  We  make  this  our  consecration, 
and  in  it  we  rest.    Amen. 

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DELIVER  and  cleanse  us,  Saviour  divine,  from 
all  strife  and  jealousy,  from  contentment  with 
the  lesser  where  Thou  offerest  the  greater  good,  from 
self-seeking  and  grudging  effort,  from  stubborn  greed 
and  bitter  wrangling,  from  fear  lest  Thou  fail  us, 
from  eyes  blinded  to  thy  goodness,  or  ears  that  hear 
not  the  cry  of  the  needy.     Amen. 

Deliver  and  cleanse  us.  Saviour  divine,  from  all 
arrogance  and  vanity  of  life,  from  trifling  self-com- 
placency, and  limp  indifference,  from  empty  words  and 
hearts  grown  dull,  from  restless  haste  and  fretful  ques- 
tioning, from  sloth  in  thought  and  sloth  in  prayer, 
from  doubt  and  hatred  and  disdain  of  people,  from 
overt  act  and  hidden  shame.    Amen. 

Deliver  and  cleanse  us,  Saviour  divine,  from  love 
of  darkness  rather  than  light;  from  shirking  where 
Thou  callest  to  advance,  from  stinging  words  instead 
of  gentleness,  from  unholy  ambitions  and  false  stand- 
ards of  truth,  from  heedlessness  and  heartlessness,  and 
from  all  deafness  to  thy  Spirit's  call.    Amen. 

That  Thou  hast  not  left  a  few  of  thy  servants  to 
struggle  with  a  task  too  great  for  them,  but  hast  called 
together  from  many  places  and  divers  interests  those 
who  in  unity  of  spirit  and  burning  faith  shall  guide 
and  direct  the  work  of  thy  kingdom,  shall  lead  and 
inspire  the  ranks  of  thy  followers,  shall  ever  pass 
onward  to  larger  endeavor,  we  bless  and  magnify  thy 
name,  Father  eternal.    Amen. 

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For  all  who  are  among  the  cities'  thronging  multi- 
tudes, who  dwell  in  comfort  and  know  no  ceaseless 
struggle  for  their  daily  bread,  for  those  who  bear  the 
burden  of  the  world's  long  days,  for  all  borne  down 
with  bitter  grief  or  anguished  sorrow,  for  all  who  find 
thy  radiant  joy  along  the  way,  for  all  who  serve  the 
aged  or  the  sick,  for  all  who  guide  the  footsteps  of 
thy  little  ones,  we  intercede  before  thy  throne,  Spirit 
of  Love.     Amen. 

For  all  who  press  along  the  paths  of  truth,  who 
seek  for  wisdom  and  would  know  thy  laws,  who  dare 
to  probe  the  mystery  of  the  universe,  jTt  challenge 
every  phase  of  truth  or  call  it  false,  who  long  for 
freedom  and  the  better  way,  yet  strive  half-hearted  or 
with  flagging  will,  for  those  who  question  and  for 
those  who  find,  we  intercede  before  thy  throne,  Spirit 
of  Love.     Amen. 

For  all  who  toil  before  the  dawn  and  tarry  working 
till  the  night  is  spent,  for  all  deprived  the  right  of 
play,  who  break  beweath  the  load  they  cannot  bear,  for 
all  who  come  from  distant  nations  to  our  gates  and 
grope  in  baffled  weariness  before  our  curious  speech 
and  stranger  ways,  for  all  unfriendly  and  in  peril's 
path,  we  intercede  before  thy  throne,  Spirit  of  Love. 

Amen. 

For  all  who  dwell  apart  and  long  for  comradeship, 
for  all  who  face  the  sharp  temptations  of  their  lone- 
liness, for  all  discouraged  by  the  common  round  of 

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petty  drudgery,  for  all  who  glory  in  the  power  to 
share  thy  gifts  of  joy,  of  knowledge  and  of  growing 
life,  we  pray  to  Thee.     Amen. 

OTHOU  Eternal,  in  whose  appointment  our  life 
standeth.  Thou  hast  committed  our  work  to  us, 
and  we  would  commit  our  cares  to  Thee.  May  we 
feel  that  we  are  not  our  own,  and  that  Thou  wilt 
heed  our  wants,  while  we  are  intent  upon  thy  will. 
May  we  never  dwell  carelessly  or  say  in  our  hearts: 
"I  am  here,  and  there  is  none  over  me,"  nor  anxiously, 
as  though  our  path  were  hid ;  but  with  a  mind  simply 
fixed  upon  our  trust,  and  choosing  nothing  but  the 
dispositions  of  thy  Providence.  More  and  more  fill 
us  with  that  pity  for  others'  troubles,  which  comes 
from  forgetfulness  of  our  own  and  the  glad  hope 
of  children  of  eternity.  And  unto  Thee,  the  Begin- 
ning and  the  End,  Lord  of  the  living,  refuge  of  the 
dying,  be  thanks  and  praise  forever.    Amen.* 

GIVE  us  this  day  a  collected  mind  and  a  tender 
conscience,  we  who  are  called  Christians,  asso- 
ciated for  thy  service  on  many  lines  of  work.  We 
pray  Thee  to  preserve  us  from  mistakes  in  judgment; 
and  wilt  Thou  also  preserve  us  from  letting  slip  the 
lessons  we  learn ;  and  from  unguarded  words.  O  Lord, 
make  us  to  care  more  for  the  souls  of  others,  for  their 
spiritual  lives.  We  are  thy  stewards  of  all  that  Thou 
hast  given  us ;  make  us  faithful  stewards,  that  we  may 

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not  misuse  thy  gifts,  nor  waste  time,  nor  our  master's 
goods,  nor  forget  Thee.  We  are  bound  to  serve  Thee ; 
help  us  to  serve  Thee  truly,  and  cause  thy  service  to 
be  a  delight  to  us.  Give  us  more  earnest  and  steadfast 
desire  to  bring  others  to  Thee;  no  half-service,  but 
our  best.  Increase  our  faith ;  and  thus  may  our  hearts 
be  untroubled  and  not  afraid,  as  we  undertake  for 
Thee,  O  our  God.     Amen. 

GRANT  to  us,  our  Father,  to  go  down  into  the 
battle  of  life  giving  a  smile  for  every  frown,  a 
cheery  w^ord  for  every  cross  one,  and  may  we  be  thy 
missionaries  lending  a  helping  hand.  May  we  not  be 
uneasy,  discouraged  or  out  of  humor  because  practice 
falls  short  of  precept  in  some  particulars.  May  we 
see  that  thorns  have  roses,  and  work  our  best,  subject 
to  ultimate  judgment, — God's,  not  man's.  May  we 
remember  that  the  Church  of  our  God  stands  for  thy 
rule  in  however  few,  and  through  thy  way  of  the 
patient  endurance  of  love,  however  long.     Amen. 

PRESERVE  us  blameless,  O  Lord,  in  our  goings ' 
out  and  comings  in  this  day.  Fill  us  with  the 
simplicity  of  a  divine  purpose,  that  we  may  be  inwardly 
at  one  with  thy  holy  will,  and  lifted  above  vain  wishes 
of  our  own.  Set  free  from  every  detaining  desire  or 
reluctance,  may  we  heartily  surrender  all  our  powers 
to  the  work  which  Thou  hast  given  us  to  do;  rejoicing 
in  any  toil,  and  fainting  under  no  hardness  that  may 
befall  us  as  good  soldiers  of  Jesus  Christ.  .  .  .  Amen.* 

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WE  bring  to  Thee,  O  God,  as  is  most  justly  due: 
our  lives  in  every  relation,  ...  in  forbear- 
ance and  forgiveness,  in  the  bearing  of  one  another's 
burdens,  in  mutual  loyalty,  in  the  unity  of  the  Spirit, 
in  love  of  one  another  even  as  Christ  hath  loved  us ;  in 
assurance  of  being  accepted  in  common  cause  against 
the  powers  of  evil,  in  readiness  to  bear  the  Cross,  in 
a  solemn  devotion  and  an  abounding  joy  in  Christ  our 
Lord.    Amen. 

O  GREAT  Lord  of  all  the  earth.  Thou  hast  taught 
us  to  know  that  **in  this  world  it  is  not  what  we 
take  up  but  what  we  give  up  that  makes  us  rich ;"  that 
when  w^e  lose  all  for  Thee  then  are  we  filled ;  that 
when  w^e  are  weak  then  are  we  strong.  As  Christians, 
we  see  ourselves  "put  into  the  world  to  do  the  impos- 
sible," for  with  Thee  all  things  are  possible ;  with 
Thee  is  the  power,  and  the  choice  and  the  final  out- 
come,  according  to  thy  Spirit.     Amen. 


OMY  dear  Master,  give  me  a  deeper  love  for  the 
minds  of  those  I  teach.  Keep  me  from  forcing 
my  opinions  on  them.  Let  me  reverence  them,  and  so 
teach  them  to  reverence  themselves.  Deepen  and 
quicken  in  us  the  sense  of  thy  presence.  Make  us  to 
know  and  feel  that  Thou  art  more  ready  to  teach  than 
we  to  learn.  Grant  us  dignity  in  our  own  eyes,  by 
taking  us  into  thy  service.  Humble  us  by  laying  bare 
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before  our  eyes  our  littleness  and  our  sin,  and  then 
exalt  us  by  revealing  thyself  to  us  as  our  Counsellor, 
our  Father,  and  our  Friend :  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.  Send  out  thy  light  and  thy  truth,  O  God,  and 
lead  us  through  the  mists  of  ignorance,  vanity,  and 
fear,  into  the  clear  shining  of  the  perfect  day  of  our 
Lord  and  Saviour  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

WE  are  far,  O  our  Father,  from  the  homes  in 
which  we  were  born,  and  many  miles  lie  between 
us  and  dear  familiar  places.  But  Thou,  Lord,  art  the 
Eternal  Home  of  our  spirits,  and  homesickness  is,  for 
us,  impossible.  Many  whom  we  love  are  far  distant 
from  us,  and  our  hearts  reach  out  to  them.  But  in  the 
shelter  of  Thine  everlasting  arms  they  are  safe,  and  we 
are  at  peace.  For  with  Thee  is  no  near  or  far.  And 
they,  and  we,  are  Thine. 

OH  Thou  who  art  no  respecter  of  persons,  grant 
that  we  may  without  distinction  and  without 
procrastination,  love  our  neighbor;  to  lavish  it  upon 
the  poor  where  it  is  very  easy,  especially  upon  the 
rich  who  often  need  it  most,  most  of  all  upon  our 
equals  where  it  is  very  difficult  and  for  whom  perhaps 
we  each  do  least  of  all.  May  we  also  think  thy 
thoughts  after  Thee  and  learn  of  Thee  the  democracy 
of  the  kingdom  of  God.    Amen. 


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O  FATHER  of  love,  look  down  upon  the  woman- 
hood of  this  suffering  world:  upon  those  left  in 
disrupted  homes  who  are  facing,  with  leaden  hearts  the 
burden  of  sustaining  families  deprived  of  their  men; 
upon  young  girls  forced  into  men's  work  and  missing 
the  hope  of  marriage,  the  lonely  laboring  girls  before 
whom  stretch  long  monotonous  years,  and  give  to  us 
who  are  associated  in  thy  name,  the  joy  of  bringing 
beauty  for  ashes.  Make  us  better  than  our  best,  for 
thy  service,  in  thy  spirit.     Amen. 

WE  implore  thy  blessing,  O  God,  on  all  the  men 
and  women  who  teach  .  .  .  the  youth  of  our 
nation.  .  .  .  Grant  them  an  abiding  consciousness  that 
they  are  co-workers  with*  Thee,  Thou  great  teacher 
of  humanity,  and  that  Thou  hast  charged  them  with 
the  holy  duty  of  bringing  forth  from  the  budding  life 
of  the  young  the  mysterious  stores  of  character  and 
ability  which  Thou  hast  hidden  in  them.  .  .  .  Gird 
them  for  their  task  with  thy  patience  and  tranquillity, 
with  a  great  fatherly  and  motherly  love  for  the  young, 
and  with  special  tenderness  for  the  backward  and  af- 
flicted. .  .  .  We  bless  Thee  for  the  free  and  noble 
spirit  that  is  breathing  with  quickening  power  upon 
the  educational  life  of  our  day,  and  for  the  men  and 
w^omen  of  large  mind  and  loving  heart  who  have  made 
that  spirit  our  common  possession  by  their  teaching  and 
example.  But  grant  that  a  higher  obedience  and  self- 
restraint  may  grow  in  the  new  atmosphere  of  freedom. 
.  .  .  May  the  strength  and  beauty  of  Christ-like  ser- 
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vice  ...  be  plainly  wrought  .  .  .  that  our  children 
may  not  want  for  strong  models  of  devout  womanhood 
on  whom  their  characters  can  be  molded.  Do  Thou 
reward  thy  servants  with  a  glad  sense  of  their  eternal 
worth  as  teachers  of  the  race,  and  in  the  heat  of  the 
day  do  Thou  show  them  the  spring  by  the  wayside  that 
flows  from  the  eternal  silence  of  God  and  gives  new 
light  to  the  eyes  of  all  who  drink  it.    Amen. 

DIRECT,  O  Lord,  the  work  of  education,  and 
guide  all  those  to  whom  Thou  hast  entrusted  it, 
that  in  their  various  stations  they  may  do  Thee  hearty 
service;  and  when  their  task  is  completed,  they  may 
render  up  their  account  with  joy;  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Lord.     Amen.* 

THY  goodness  has  been  great  to  us,  may  we  make 
the  best  of  ourselves  in  gratitude  to  Thee.  May 
we  fear  to  sit  at  ease,  lest  any  seeing  us  see  not  Thee 
nor  seek  to  know  Thee,  nor  find  the  world  better  be- 
cause we  have  lived  in  it.  May  we  show  our  spiritual 
character  by  seeing  God  in  common  things  and  show- 
ing God  in  common  tasks;  may  we  be  God-possessed 
to  do  our  work  in  the  kindling  light  of  God's  grace. 
We  ask  Thee  for  understanding  minds,  in  thy  Spirit, 
O  God  of  Love.    Amen. 

LET  the  words  of  our  mouths  and  the  meditations 
of  our  hearts  be  acceptable  in  Thy  sight,  O  Lord, 
our  rock,  and  our  redeemer.    Amen. 

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MAY  we  be, still,  and  know  that  Thou  art  God. 
Teach  us,  we  pray  Thee,  to  listen.  Teach  us  to 
think,  that  we  may  be  ready  to  receive  the  great  ideas 
Thou  wouldest  have  thy  messengers  understand.  May 
we  know  when  Thou  art  offering  us  thy  wisdom,  thy 
discretion,  thy  way  of  service, — to  the  accomplishment 
of  the  needs  of  thy  children.  Give  us  that  sense  of  thy 
working  in  the  souls  of  men  and  waiting  to  ''invade 
their  lives  through  ideals,"  as  shall  be  a  revelation  to 
us.  Reveal  thj-self  to  us  through  the  Bible,  and  help 
us  to  read  much  and  to  think  more,  and  to  love  most. 
Give  us  to  see  what  Thou  dost  open  to  us: — heal  our 
blind  eyes  and  our  deaf  ears  and  open  our  hearts  to  thy 
message,  that  we  shall  always  hear  the  music  of  thy 
promises.  Give  us  "supreme  spiritual  quietude"  that 
knows  and  hears  thy  voice,  O  our  Father,  and  is  con- 
tent.    Amen. 

GIVE  us  grace,  O  Lord,  to  work  while  it  is  day, 
fulfilling  diligently  and  patiently  whatever  duty 
Thou  appointest  us;  doing  small  things  in  the  day  of 
small  things,  and  great  labors  if  Thou  summon  us  to 
any;  rising  and  working,  sitting  still  and  suffering, 
according  to  thy  word.  Go  with  me,  and  I  will  go; 
but  if  Thou  go  not  with  me,  send  me  not:  go  betore 
me,  if  Thou  put  me  forth;  let  me  hear  thy  voice 
when  I  follow.  .  .  .  Amen.* 

LET  the  tender  compassion  of  our  God.  .  .  .  guide 
our  feet  into  the  way  of  peace. 

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OOUR  Father,  as  we  meet  to  decide  upon  detail* 
of  work,  upon  adjustments  of  petty  import,  ma> 
we  not  lose  the  sense  of  larger  service  nor  ignon 
the  great  issues  in  the  fret  of  small  things.  May  ws 
live  as  on  a  mountain  seeing  afar  to  other  heights  that 
we  would  attain  in  fresh  ascents  toward  the  heaven 
above.  Let  it  be  given  us  to  bring  back  to  the  trail 
the  lost  children  who  have  wandered  off;  and  with 
helping  hand  and  fellowship  complete  to  lead  them 
ever  higher  until  the  lure  of  the  climb  keep  them  on 
the  upward  way.     Amen. 


VOUCHSAFE  unto  us  clear  and  distinct  percep 
tions  of  things,  for  Christ's  sake.    Amen.* 


OGOD,  we  pray  Thee  for  our  sisters,  who  are 
leaving  the  ancient  shelter  of  the  home  to  earn 
their  wage  in  the  factory  and  the  store  amid  the  press 
of  modern  life.  Save  them  from  the  strain  of  un- 
remitting toil  that  would  unfit  them  for  the  holy  duties 
of  home  and  motherhood  which  the  future  may  lay 
upon  them.  Give  them  grace  to  cherish  under  the 
new  surroundings  the  old  sweetness  and  gentleness  of 
womanhood,  and  in  the  rough  mingling  of  life  to  keep 
their  hearts  pure  and  their  lives  untarnished.  Save 
them  from  the  terrors  of  utter  want.  Teach  them 
to  stand  loyally  by  their  sisters,  that  by  united  action 

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they  may  better  their  common  lot.  If  It  must  be  so 
that  our  women  toil  like  men,  help  us  still  to  rever- 
ence In  them  the  mothers  of  the  future.  But  make  us 
determined  to  shield  them  from  unequal  burdens, 
that  the  women  of  our  nation  be  not  drained  of 
strength  and  hope  for  the  enrichment  of  a  few,  lest 
our  homes  grow  poor  In  the  wifely  sweetness  and 
motherly  love  which  have  been  the  saving  strength  and 
glory  of  our  country.  To  such  as  yearn  for  the  love 
and  sovereign  freedom  of  their  own  home  grant  in 
due  time  the  fulfilment  of  their  sweet  desires.  By 
Mary,  the  beloved,  who  bore  the  world's  redemption 
in  her  bosom ;  by  the  memory  of  our  own  dear  mothers, 
who  kissed  our  souls  awake;  by  the  little  daughters 
who  must  soon  go  out  into  that  world  which  we  are 
now  fashioning  for  others,  we  beseech  Thee  that  we 
may  deal  aright  by  all  women.     Amen. 

AS  we  look  across  the  vast  field  of  our  work,  O 
Master,  we  feel  the  challenge  of  thy  call  and 
turn  to  Thee  for  strength.  So  much  to  do  for  Thee, 
and  so  little  wherewith  to  do  it! 

O  Christ,  Thou  who  art  touched  with  a  feeling  of 
our  infirmities  and  hast  been  tempted  even  as  we,  look 
with  thy  great  sj^mpathy  on  thy  servants.  Thou 
knowest  the  drain  of  our  daily  work  and  the  limitations 
of  our  bodies.  Thou  knowest  that  we  carry  but  a 
little  candle  of  knowledge  to  guide  the  feet  of  the 
erring  amid  the  mazes  of  modern  life.  Thou  knowest 
that  our  longing  for  holiness  of  heart  is  frustrated 

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by  the  drag  of  our  earthliness  and  the  weight  of  ancient 
sins. 

Fit  us  for  our  work,  lest  we  fail  Thee.  We  lean 
on  Thee,  Thou  great  giver  of  life,  and  pray  for 
physical  vigor  and  quiet  strength.  We  call  to  Thee, 
Thou  fountain  of  light,  to  flood  our  minds  with  thy 
radiance  and  to  make  all  things  clear  and  simple.  We 
submit  our  inmost  desires  to  thy  holy  will.,  and  beseech 
Thee  to  make  thy  law  sweet  to  our  willing  hearts. 

Give,  Lord,  what  Thou  askest,  and  then  ask  what  ; 
Thou  wilt.  We  make  our  prayer,  O  God,  by  faith  in  ; 
Christ,  our  Lord.     Amen.  w>^«,v,.»4»^^^«^4^ 

WE  invoke  thy  grace  and  wisdom,  O  Lord,  upon 
all  men  of  good  will  who  employ  and  control 
the  labor  of  men.  Amid  the  numberless  irritations  and 
anxieties  of  their  positions,  help  them  to  keep  a  quiet 
and  patient  temper,  and  to  rule  firmly  and  wisely, 
without  harshness  and  anger.  Since  they  hold  power 
over  the  bread,  the  safety,  and  the  hopes  of  the  workers, 
may  they  wield  their  powers  justly  and  with  love  as 
older  brothers  and  leaders  in  the  great  fellowship  of 
labor.  Suffer  not  the  heavenly  light  of  compassion 
for  the  weak  and  the  old  to  be  quenched  in  their  hearts. 
When  they  are  tempted  to  follow  the  ruthless  ways  of 
others,  and  to  sacrifice  human  health  and  life  for  profit, 
do  Thou  strengthen  their  will  in  the  hour  of  need, 
and  bring  to  naught  the  counsels  of  the  heartless.  Save 
them  from  repressing  their  workers  into  sullen  sub- 
mission and  helpless  fear.     May  they  not  sin  against 

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the  Christ  by  using  the  bodies  and  souls  of  men  as  mere 
tools  to  make  things,  forgetting  the  human  hearts  and 
longings  of  these  their  brothers.  Raise  up  among  us 
employers  who  shall  be  makers  of  men  as  well  as 
makers  of  goods.  Give  us  masters  of  industry  who 
will  use  their  higher  ability  and  knowledge  in  lifting 
the  workers  to  increasing  independence  and  vigor,  and 
who  will  train  their  helpers  for  the  larger  responsibil- 
ities of  the  coming  age.  Give  us  men  of  faith  and 
catch  a  vision  of  a  nobler  organization  of  our  work, 
when  all  will  still  follow  the  leadership  of  the  ablest, 
not  in  fear  but  by  the  glad  will  of  all;  and  when  none 
shall  be  master  and  none  shall  be  man,  but  all  shall 
stand  side  by  side  in  a  strong  and  righteous  brother- 
hood of  work.     Amen. 

C%\yt  - 

Ai-  QEND  forth  thy  light  and  thy  truth  to  all  nations 
O  and  peoples  upon  earth,  and  show  us  wherein  we 
may  be  thy  messengers  to  those  who  know  Thee  not, — 
here  in  our  cities  full  of  foreign-born,  or  in  the  distant 
lands  which  they  call  home.  Bless  all  who  have  gone 
from  their  own  land  to  carry  the  Good-Tidings  of  thy 
grace  to  those  who  sit  in  darkness.  Especially  help  the 
suffering  womanhood  of  the  world,  and  quickly  trans- 
form slavery  and  hopelessness  into  equality  and  liberty 
and  the  freedom  that  is  in  thy  service.  Give  us  a 
part  in  this  great  work,  in  thy  Spirit, — with  our  little 
or  with  much,  in  money,  in  prayer,  in  spoken  word  and 
kindly  deed, — until  we  shall  be  all  one  in  thy  sight; 
one  family  of  our  Father  eternal.     Amen. 

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OTHOU  great  Champion  of  the  outcast  and  the 
weak,  wc  remember  before  Thee  the  people  of 
other  nations  who  are  coming  to  our  land,  seeking 
bread,  a  home,  and  a  future.  May  we  look  with  thy 
compassion  upon  those  who  have  been  drained  and 
stunted  by  the  poverty  and  oppression  of  centuries,  and 
whose  minds  have  been  warped  by  superstition  or 
seared  by  the  dumb  agony  of  revolt.  We  bless  Thee 
for  all  that  America  has  meant  to  the  alien  folk  that 
have  crossed  the  sea  in  the  past,  and  for  all  the  patient 
strength  and  God-fearing  courage  with  which  they 
have  enriched  our  nation.  We  rejoice  in  the  millions 
whose  life  has  expanded  in  the  wealth  and  liberty  of 
our  country,  and  whose  children  have  grown  to  fairer 
stature  and  larger  thoughts;  for  we,  too,  are  the  chil- 
dren of  immigrants,  who  came  w^ith  anxious  hearts  and 
halting  feet  on  the  westward  path  of  hope.  .  .  .  For 
all  the  oppressed  afar  off  who  sigh  for  liberty ;  for  all 
lovers  of  the  people  who  strive  to  break  their  shackles; 
for  all  who  dare  to  believe  in  democracy  and  the  king- 
dom of  God,  make  Thou  our  great  commonwealth  once 
more  a  pure  beacon-light  of  hope  and  a  guide  on  the 
path  which  leads  to  the  perfect  union  of  law  and 
liberty.     Amen. 

WE  beseech  thee.  Lord,  to  behold  us  with  favor, 
we  who  subsist  under  the  covert  of  thy  patience. 
Be  patient  still;  suffer  us  yet  a  while  longer: — with  our 
broken  purposes  of  good,  our  idle  endeavors  against 

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evil;  suffer  us  a  little  while  longer,  and  (if  it  may  be) 
help  us  to  do  better.  Bless  to  us  our  extraordinary 
mercies;  if  the  day  come  when  these  must  be  taken, 
brace  us  to  play  the  man  under  affliction.  Be  with  our 
friends:  be  with  ourselves;  go  with  each  of  us  to  rest; 
if  any  awake,  temper  to  them  the  dark  hour  of  watch- 
ing; and  when  the  day  returns,  return  to  us,  our  Sun 
and  Comforter,  and  call  us  up  with  morning  faces  and 
morning  hearts — eager  to  labor — eager  to  be  happy,  if 
happiness  be  our  portion — and  if  the  day  be  marked  for 
sorrow,  strong  to  endure  it.    Amen. 


THOU  who  art  able  to  understand  and  to  help, 
pity  us  tired  folk.  Aching  in  body,  breaking  in 
spirit,  brittle  in  temper,  hounded  by  things  undone, 
anxious,  exhausted,  and  heavy  of  heart — pity  us,  All- 
Merciful.  Put  courage  into  us,  All-Powerful.  Cut 
out  our  canker  of  fear.  Heal  our  irritations.  Soothe 
us  to  restful  sleep.  Steady  our  wavering  minds.  Calm 
our  incessantness. 

Stand  by  us,  O  Lx)rd,  while  we  patch  up  our  lives — 
or  remake  them.  Yield  us  content  on  the  lower  plane, 
if  this  is  our  lot.  Teach  us  acceptance  of  fallow-time, 
patience  in  drudgery,  wholesome  tranquillity,  dogged 
remastery,  ultimate  come-back. 

Stand  by  us,  dear  Lord. 


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GOD  of  hope,  fill  us  with  thine  own  Spirit  of  hope- 
fulness, that  we,  not  knowing  thy  resources,  may- 
trust  In  Thee  and  in  them,  desire  for  ourselves  what 
Thou  dost  desire  for  us,  and  be  sure  for  ourselves,  as 
Thou  art  sure  for  us,  that  if  we  fight  with  Thee  we 
shall  be  conquerors  and  more  than  conquerors,  through 
Him  that  loved  us.     Amen. 

LORD,  if  it  be  thy  will.  Thou  wilt  let  this  come  to 
pass.  Lord,  If  Thou  seest  this  Is  well  for  us,  and 
useful,  Thou  wilt  grant  it  unto  us  to  use  for  thine 
honor,  but  If  Thou  knowest  It  to  be  harmful,  and  of 
no  profit,  then  take  from  us  the  longing.  Lord,  Thou 
knowest  In  what  way  It  is  better.  Give  unto  us  what 
Thou  wilt,  how  much  Thou  wilt,  when  Thou  wilt. 
Do  with  us  as  Thou  deslrest,  put  us  where  Thou  seest 
fit,  deal  freely  with  us  every  day.  We  would  not  live 
unto  ourselves,  but  unto  Thee.  And  we  would  that 
we  could  do  so,  worthily  and  perfectly;  through  our 
teacher  Jesus  Christ.     Amen. 

OGOD,  we  praise  thy  holy  name,  for  Thou  hast 
brought  us  from  afar,  drawn  together  by  the 
splendor  of  thy  Kingdom,  to  take  counsel  for  thy  work. 
Be  with  us  through  all  the  strain  of  the  days  that  are 
before  us.  .  .  .  Give  us  vision  beyond  the  range  of 
worldly  prudence,  and  by  thy  wisdom  make  us  wise, 
lest  all  our  planning  be  futile.  If  difficulties  confront 
us,  give  us  the  courageous  faith  that  bids  the  moun- 
tains melt  away.     Smite  a  pathway  even  across  the 

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impassable  sea  for  thy  people.  Hush  all  spirit  of  con- 
tention and  self-will.  Make  us  peaceful  through  love 
and  through  the  unity  of  our  desire.  May  this  gath- 
ering set  the  standard  of  our  Lord  high  up  where  in 
coming  years  we  may  see  it  and  take  courage  to  fulfil 
the  vows  we  here  make.     Amen. 

WE  would  especially  ask  thy  presence  and  guid- 
ance for  this  great  undertaking;  pleading  thy 
promises  that  "If  in  all  our  waj's  we  acknowledge  Thee, 
Thou  wilt  direct  our  paths."  With  Thee  we  dare 
large  plans,  w^ithout  Thee  not  one  step  of  our  way. 
Thou  art  more  ready  to  give  than  we  are  to  ask; 
therefore  we  ask  Thee  to  open  the  hearts  of  those  in 
this  city  who  do  not  yet  give  toward  the  needs  of  girl- 
hood, that  they  may  see  a  new  light,  and  joy  in  service; 
open  the  hearts  and  the  hands  of  these  girls  that  they 
be  ready  to  receive  life  more  abundantly  in  the  spirit 
of  Christ.     Amen. 

O  LIVING  Lord,  able  and  willing  to  help,  we 
thank  Thee  that  in  all  our  perplexities  Thou  art 
with  us  to  lead  us  through  them.  ...  So  often  Thou 
leadest  us  in  wa5-s  that  seem  strange  to  us,  guiding  us 
a  long  way  around  when  to  us  the  direct  way  had 
seemed  the  more  beautiful  and  even  the  more  service- 
filled  for  Thee.  .  .  .  Yet  alwaj^s,  knowing  our  weak- 
ness, Thou  leadest  us  in  thine  own  time  to  a  high 
place  whence  looking  backward  we  may  see  our  road 
and   cry  with   thankful  hearts,    "Hitherto  has  Thou 

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helped  us,  O  God!"  Dear  Lord,  in  the  work  we  are 
doing  in  thy  name  we  grow  discouraged:  the  raising 
of  money,  the  winning  of  girls,  the  entering  into  new 
places,  the  breaking  down  of  prejudice,  the  holding 
fast  to  thy  name  as  our  basis  of  inspiration,  all  tax 
our  utmost  strength — and  we  would  have  it  so,  for 
only  thus  may  we  attain  the  fulness  of  thy  presence. 
But  let  us  see  thy  face  with  increasing  clearness. 
Withdraw  not  thyself  from  us,  but  lead  us,  guide  us, 
cheer  us,  O  Thou  who  livest  and  lovest  us.     Amen. 

THAT  Thou  hast  graciously  hearkened  to  the  de- 
sires of  thy  servants,  and  hast  given  unto  us  a 
building  wherein  to  labor  with  unfaltering  devotion 
for  the  welfare  of  thy  children,  that  Thou  hast  set  it 
as  a  beacon  and  a  promise  to  all  women  who  stretch 
out  their  hands  in  longing  for  thy  greater  gifts,  we 
bless  and  magnify  thy  holy  Name,  Father  eternal. 

That  Thou  in  thine  infinite  goodness  hast  been 
pleased  to  entrust  us  with  a  large  task,  hast  bidden 
us  lift  up  our  eyes  from  afar  and  behold  this  land, 
which  may  be  our  heritage  v/ill  we  but  enter  in  and 
possess  it;  that  Thou  hast  thus  shared  with  us  thy 
vision  of  the  young  women  of  our  country  fulfilling  all 
thy  glorious  laws  in  fullest  radiance  of  life,  we  bless 
and  magnify  thy  holy  Name,  Father  eternal.     Amen. 

THE  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  love  of 
God,  and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Spirit  be  with 
us  all,  evermore.     Amen. 

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OGOD,  the  Father  of  all  mankind,  we  pray  for 
all  the  nations  of  the  earth;  more  especially  for 
thy  servant  the  President  of  the  United  States,  for  the 
Congress,  and  for  all  the  people  of  this  Republic;  that 
all  things  may  be  so  ordered  and  settled  that  truth  and 
justice,  piety  and  peace  may  be  established  among  us 
to  all  generations.     Amen. 

LORD  of  Hosts,  help  us  to  do  our  small  part  to- 
ward the  closing  of  the  chasm  between  the  strong 
and  the  weak,  the  rich  and  the  poor;  to  cast  into  it  all 
pride,  and  prejudice;  luxury  and  lust;  envy,  and 
covetousness ;  the  insolence  of  riches,  and  the  rancor 
of  poverty;  that  we  may  fill  it  full  and  make  a 
highway  for  our  Leader  to  pass  over,  and  for  all  the 
people  to  walk  in  together.  So  may  we  establish  the 
Republic  and  build  in  America  the  Holy  City.  This 
we  ask  in  the  name  of  Him  who  maketh  men  to  be  of 
one  mind  in  an  house;  who  giveth  integrity  to  states; 
who  confoundeth  the  tongues  of  foolish  counsellors; 
Brother  of  man  and  Desire  of  the  nations,  Jesus  the 
Christ.     Amen. 

OTHOU  Holy  One,  .  .  .  forgive,  we  pray  Thee, 
our  sins  against  the  spirit  of  peace  and  brother- 
hood, by  thought  or  word  or  deed.  Forgive  the  sins 
of  the  nations.  Forgive  the  sin  of  Christendom  against 
the  spirit  and  temper  of  its  Divine  ]VIaster;  for  his 
sake,  who  loved  us  and  taught  us  to  love  one  another. 

Amen. 
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THOU  who  art  the  God  of  all  Comfort,  draw  near 
to  us  to-day.  We  hear  Thee  bid  us  lift  up  our 
hearts,  and  we  would  lift  them  up  unto  Thee,  O  Lord. 
Thou  dost  know  us  altogether,  and  we  are  unafraid 
as  Thy  loving  eye  reads  our  secret  thoughts.  As  a 
father  pitieth  his  children,  so  dost  Thou  pity  us;  and 
as  one  whom  his  Mother  comforteth  so  dost  Thou 
comfort  us.  We  are  at  rest  because  Thou  knowest  us ; 
we  are  at  peace  because  Thou  forgivest  us;  we  are 
made  strong  because  Thou  abideth  with  us.  In  this 
confidence  in  Thee  help  us  to  live.  By  this  faith  help 
us  to  endure  whatever  may  threaten  to  destroy  our 
peace.  Whom  have  we,  O  Lord,  but  Thee?  Into 
Thy  hands  we  commit  ourselves  for  life,  and  for  that 
which  lies  bej^ond  our  mortal  vision,  through  Jesus 
Christ  Our  Lord.    Amen. 

DEAR  Lord  and  Father  of  Mankind,  wilt  Thou 
bless  this  building  to  Thy  use?  Bless  the  women 
who  will  work  here.  May  they  realize  the  privileges 
and  the  responsibility  that  are  theirs.  Lighten  their 
burden  and  show  them  their  opportunity.  Bless  the 
mothers  and  the  fathers.  Show  them  how  they  can  so 
co-operate  with  their  daughters  that  the  home  and  the 
Association  may  be  an  unbroken  influence  for  the  moral 
and  physical  welfare  of  the  girl.  But  especially  we 
crave  Thy  blessing  for  the  girls  themselves.  May  they 
be  just  and  fair  in  their  work  and  in  their  play.  May 
t^f*  love  of  kindness  fill  their  hearts  and  may  they  have 

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that  humility  which  denotes  modesty  and  purity  of 
mind.  Let  love  and  happiness  reign  here,  we  beseech 
Thee,  O  Lord.    Amen. 

O  FATHER  of  light  and  God  of  all  truth,  purge 
the  whole  world  from  all  errors,  abuses,  corrup- 
tions and  sins.  Beat  down  the  standard  of  Satan,  and 
set  up  everj^vhere  the  standard  of  Christ.  Abolish  the 
reign  of  sin,  and  establish  the  kingdom  of  grace  in  all 
hearts.  Let  humility  triumph  over  pride  and  ambition ; 
charity  over  hatred,  envy,  and  malice;  purity  and  tem- 
perance over  lust  and  excess;  meekness  over  passion; 
and  disinterest  and  poverty  of  spirit  over  covetousness 
and  the  love  of  this  perishing  world.  Let  the  Gospel 
of  Christ,  in  faith  and  practice,  prevail  throughout 
the  world.    Amen. 

OTHOU  whose  eye  is  over  all  the  children  of 
men,  and  who  has  called  them,  by  thy  Prince 
of  Peace,  into  a  kingdom  not  of  this  world ;  send  forth 
his  spirit  speedily  into  the  dark  places  of  our  guilt 
and  woe,  and  arm  it  with  the  piercing  power  of  thy 
grace.  May  it  reach  the  heart  of  every  oppression, 
and  make  arrogancy  dumb  before  Thee.  Let  it  still 
the  noise  of  our  strife  and  the  tumult  of  the  people; 
put  to  shame  the  false  idols  of  every  mind ;  carry  faith 
to  the  doubting,  hope  to  the  fearful,  strength  to  the 
weak,  light  to  the  mourners,  and  more  and  more  in- 
crease the  pure  in  heart  who  see  their  God.  Commit 
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thy  word,  O  Lord,  to  the  lips  of  faithful  men,  or  to 
the  free  minds  of  thine  invisible  Providence;  that  soon 
the  knowledge  of  Thee  may  cover  the  earth  as  the 
waters  cover  the  channel  of  the  deep.  And  so  let  thy 
kingdom  come  through  Christ,  thy  Son.    Amen. 

OGOD  who  hast  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of 
men  to  dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  didst 
send  thy  blessed  Son  to  preach  peace  to  them  that  are 
far  off  and  to  them  that  are  nigh ;  grant  that  all  men 
everywhere  may  seek  after  Thee  and  find  Thee.  Bring 
the  nations  into  thy  fold,  and  add  the  heathen  to  thine 
inheritance.  And  we  pray  Thee  shortly  to  accom- 
plish the  number  of  thine  elect,  and  to  hasten  thy  king- 
dom ;  through  the  same  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.    Amen. 

WE  thank  Thee  for  our  inheritance  in  the  nation 
of  which  we  are  members,  for  the  land  we 
love;  for  the  calling  and  privileges  of  the  Republic, 
for  the  enrichment  of  mutual  interest  and  service,  for 
exchange  of  thought,  for  brotherly  emulation,  for 
mutual  aid.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  gifts  of  the  past 
and  the  hope  of  the  future;  for  the  noble  traditions  and 
high  ideals  committed  to  our  charge;  for  civil  and  re- 
ligious liberty;  for  the  open  Bible,  and  the  inviolable 
conscience ;  for  the  gospel  of  thy  grace ;  for  the  awaken- 
ing sense  of  brotherhood  and  social  obligation ;  and  for 
the  hope  of  the  coming  of  thy  kingdom.    Amen. 


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O  ALMIGHTY  and  everlasting  God  .  .  .  grant 
that  neither  through  arrogance  begotten  of  pros- 
perity, nor  conceit  bred  of  successful  achievement,  may 
we  forget  our  dependence  upon  Thee  for  daily  suste- 
nance. .  .  .  To  those  Vv^ho  sit  in  the  seats  of  authority 
impart  purity  of  motive,  right  judgment  in  counsel, 
discretion  in  administration;  to  the  people  of  the  land 
grant  loyalty,  industry  and  godliness,  that  all  things 
may  tend  to  the  healing  of  divisions,  the  establishment 
of  peace,  and  the  promotion  of  thy  kingdom  among 
men ;  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.    Amen. 


OUR  Loving  Father,  we  have  come  into  this  house 
this  morning  from  our  work:  work  which  is 
varied.  We  come,  each  from  her  own  past — the  home, 
the  training,  the  traditions  w^hich  have  been  hers.  We 
bring  with  us,  each  our  own  present — its  personal  care, 
its  failure,  its  easy  success  or  the  plain  and  common- 
place routine;  its  grief  or  its  imagined  troubles,  the 
happiness  or  its  substitute  for  happiness.  May  we  be 
of  one  mind  in  one  place  this  hour.  We  enter  into 
Thy  Presence.  May  we  have  ears  to  hear,  eyes  to 
discern  Thee,  understanding  hearts.  Help  us  to  real- 
ize Thy  nearness.  We  know  that  in  measure  as  Thou 
dost  dwell  in  us  we  make  wherever  we  are,  a  part  of 
Thy  Kingdom.  Once  again  to-day  we  listen  to  the 
story  of  the  planting  of  the  seed,  of  the  burying  of  the 
leaven,  of  the  net  which  was  thrown  into  the  sea.    As 

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Thy  disciples  of  old  received  new  faith  and  courage  to 
carry  on,  so  may  we  this  day.  Thy  Kingdom  come, 
Thy  will  be  done  in  this  place  and  in  our  hearts  as  it 
is  in  heaven  and  this  we  ask  in  the  hope  of  the  coming 
of  Thy  Kingdom  everywhere.     Amen. 


OGOD,  the  Creator  and  Preserver  of  all  man- 
kind, we  humbly  beseech  Thee  for  all  sorts  and 
conditions  of  men:  that  Thou  wouldst  be  pleased  to 
make  thy  waj^s  known  unto  them,  thy  saving  health 
unto  all  nations.  More  especially  we  pray  for  thy 
holy  Church  universal;  that  it  may  be  so  guided  and 
governed  by  thy  good  Spirit,  that  all  who  profess  and 
call  themselves  Christians  may  be  led  into  the  way  of 
truth,  and  hold  the  faith  in  unity  of  spirit  in  the  bond 
of  peace,  and  in  righteousness  of  life.  .  .  .  Amen. 


FOR  sheer  delight  in  living  we  praise  thee,  dear  God, 
for  vigor  in  youth  and  well-being  in  age.  You 
give  us  mountains  to  climb  and  surf  to  ride  and  zest  in 
sport  and  the  sporting  spirit  in  work.  We  want  to 
play  the  game,  Great  Captain.  We  aim  to  keep  in 
training  our  whole  life  long — live  clean,  drive  hard, 
win  out.  We  mean  to  stay  fit  to  welcome  happy  hard- 
ships that  harden  us.  Exult  with  us  in  our  success. 
Stiffen  our  pluck  in  defeat.  Keep  us  watching  the  sig- 
nals. And  hearken,  O  Lord,  to  this  our  chant  for  our 
chance  in  this  good,  glad  world. 

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WHEN  we  consider  thy  heavens,  O  Lord,  the 
work  of  thy  fingers,  the  sun  and  moon  and 
stars  which  Thou  hast  made,  what  is  man  that  Thou 
art  mindful  of  him,  and  the  son  of  man  that  Thou 
visitest  him  ?  Thou  coverest  thyself  with  light  as  with 
a  garment.  Thou  spreadest  out  the  heavens  as  a  cur- 
tain. Thou  makest  the  clouds  thy  chariot,  and  ridest 
upon  the  wings  of  the  wind.  The  heavens  declare  thy 
glory  and  the  firmament  showeth  the  work  of  thy 
hands.  Day  uttereth  instruction  unto  day,  and  night 
showeth  knowledge  unto  night.  The  voice  of  thy 
works  goeth  forth  to  the  ends  of  the  world. 

O  that  men  would  praise  the  Lord  for  His  goodness 
and  for  the  wonder  of  His  works.  Give  us,  O  Lord, 
souls  that  see.    Amen.  T.T3) 

FATHER  of  light,  by  whose  hands  the  fires  of  the 
sun  are  fed;  who  hast  kindled  in  our  hearts  the 
desire  to  know;  we  bless  Thee  for  leading  us  into  a 
life  wherein  light  and  darkness  are  wonderfully  min- 
gled. On  our  knees  we  would  learn  to  think.  Stand- 
ing on  our  feet  we  w^ould  learn  to  pray.  O  Thou  in 
whose  being  the  simplicity  and  mystery  of  life  do  meet 
together,  cleanse  our  prayers  with  the  sanctity  of  rea- 
son, ennoble  our  reasonings  with  the  majesty  of  prayer, 
and  bring  us  onward  through  darkness  and  through 
light,  till,  in  thy  presence,  and  before  our  eyes,  the 
power  that  made  the  stars  and  the  love  that  exalts  our 
hearts  shall  kiss  each  other,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 

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ALL  creatures,  O  LoxJ,  wait  upon  Thee.  What 
Thou  givest  they  gather.  Thou  openest  thy 
hand,  they  are  filled  with  good.  Thou  sendest  forth 
thy  Spirit,  they  are  created.  Thou  renewest  the  face 
of  the  earth.  Thou  sendest  the  springs  into  the  val- 
leys which  run  among  the  hills;  they  give  drink  to 
every  beast  of  the  field:  and  by  them  the  birds  of  the 
heavens  have  their  habitations,  singing  among  the 
branches.  All  thy  works  praise  Thee  and  the  earth 
is  full  of  thy  goodness.  What  shall  we  render  unto 
the  Lord  for  all  his  benefits?  We  will  take  the  cup 
of  salvation  and  call  on  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

We  bless  Thee  for  all  Thou  hast  done  for  us,  for 
all  Thou  art  doing  especially  for  our  higher  nature, 
for  our  inheritance  uncorruptible,  and  for  that  the 
Son  of  Man  came  to  seek  and  to  save,  that  we  might 
have  life,  and  have  it  more  abundantly.  Give  us  grace 
to  live  as  we  ought  to  live  in  view  of  these  great 
things.  Convince  us  of  the  value  of  our  souls,  made 
for  immortality,  made  to  outlive  the  earth  and  out- 
shine the  stars.     Amen. 

OGOD,  we  thank  Thee  for  this  universe,  our 
great  home;  for  its  vastness  and  its  riches,  and 
for  the  manifoldness  of  the  life  which  teems  upon  it 
and  of  which  we  are  part.  We  praise  Thee  for  the 
arching  sky  and  the  blessed  winds,  for  the  driving 
clouds  and  the  constellations  on  high.  We  praise 
Thee  for  the  salt  sea  and  the  running  water,  for  the 
everlasting  hills,  for  the  trees,  and  for  the  grass  under 

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our  feet.  We  thank  Thee  for  our  senses  by  which 
we  can  see  the  splendor  of  the  morning,  and  hear  the 
jubilant  songs  of  love,  and  smell  the  breath  of  the 
springtime.  Grant  us,  we  pray  Thee,  a  heart  wide 
open  to  all  this  joy  and  beauty,  and  save  our  souls 
from  being  so  steeped  in  care  or  so  darkened  by  pas- 
sion that  we  pass  heedless  and  unseeing  when  even  the 
thornbush  by  the  wayside  is  aflame  with  the  glory  of 
God.     Amen. 

OTHOU  who  flingest  cloud  shadows  over  lonely 
blue  summits  and  fertile  green  valleys,  thy 
prodigality  amazes  us.  The  vast  wild  uplands  that  are 
parks  of  thy  planting;  the  steeps  patterned  in  loveli- 
ness— and  sky  glory  over  all.  Ever  Thou  lurest  us 
aloft.  "Keep  us  on  the  higher  levels  of  desire."  Give 
us  to  "live  as  on  a  mountain:"  with  wide  outlook: 
with  past  and  future  spread  out  before  us  in  per- 
spective and  proportion.  May  we  go  forward  and 
upward,  on  difficult  or  dizzy  ways,  with  eye  fixed  on 
the  path,  step  by  quiet  step,  until,  in  time,  we  gain 
that  sinew  and  endurance  that  delight  in  toil  and  hard- 
ship. 

For  on  thy  mountains,  Lord,  we  find,  at  first,  weari- 
ness and  panting  discouragement.  Then,  as  we  set  our- 
selves, on  a  day,  or  day  by  day,  at  slopes  that  seem 
impossible,  there  cometh  to  us,  by  degrees,  a  sweet 
readiness  of  all  our  frame,  balanced,  obedient,  uncon- 
scious. So  do  we  crave  a  training  for  our  other  selves, 
that,  though  daunted,  we  gain,  by  plodding  on,  that 

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swing  of  habit,  and  that  joy  in  overcoming  that  our 
good  bodies  teach  us. 

And,  as  after  the  long  day  of  strenuous  endeavor 
we  are  overtaken  with  utter  physical  content  In  every 
fibre  of  our  being,  may  that  other  high  emprise  bring 
us  this  very  perfection  of  peace  of  mind  and  of  satura- 
tion of  soul  with  the  clear  high  air  of  thy  spirit. 

Thus  pray  we,  Mountain  Lovers,  O  Mountain 
God.     Amen. 

LET   the   earth    and   the   water,    the   air   and   the 
fruits  of  my  country  be  sweet,  my  God. 
Let  the  homes  and  marts,  the  forests  and  fields  of 
my  country  be  full,  my  God. 

Let  the  promises  and  hopes,  the  deeds  and  words  of 
my  country  be  true,  my  God. 

Let  the  lives  and  the  hearts  of  the  sons  and  daugh- 
ters of  my  country  be  one,  my  God.     Amen. 

OUR  Father  God,  we  thank  Thee.  In  the  silence 
of  our  hearts  we  have  looked  up  into  thy  face 
and  found  that  Thou  art  loving;  In  the  wonder  of 
the  hills,  the  waters,  the  sky,  we  have  found  that  Thou 
art  infinite;  in  the  peoples  of  the  world  we  have  seen 
Thee  working;  in  their  cry  of  need  we  have  heard 
Thee  calling — for  us. 

And  we  now  go  out  again  to  live  among  those 
who  have  not  seen  Thee  here.  In  the  chill  of  their 
indifference,  in  the  fire  of  their  mocklngs,  in  the 
shadow^and  of  their  unbelief,  grant  that  we  may  hold 

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fast.  Keep  our  spirits  broad  awake.  Help  us  to 
remember. 

Thou  hast  not  said  that  life  depends  upon  how  we 
feel.  And  for  that  we  thank  Thee.  When  feeling 
goes,  help  us  to  hold  our  wills  steady  that  we  may 
live  steadily  for  Thee. 

Give  us  each  day  to  look  into  thy  face.  In  laying 
hold  of  thy  strength,  help  us  to  forget  our  weakness. 
In  the  quiet  assurance  of  thy  power  help  us  to  go 
joyously  about  our  business. 

And  w^hether  Thou  leadest  us  into  the  loneliness  of 
the  country,  the  seething  of  mighty  cities,  or  to  thy 
children  across  the  seas;  whether  we  walk  by  quiet 
waters  or  are  thrust  into  the  heat  of  battle;  whether 
the  road  winds  up  into  the  sunlight  or  down  into  deep 
darkness,  help  us  to  remember.  Thou  our  Lord  Christ, 
art  there  as  Thou  art  hcEC.  And  Thou  art  Light,  and 
Life,  and  Love.    Amen. 

O  FATHER  of  a  Son  who  was  a  lover  of  little 
boats,  whose  rest  was  to  go  out  upon  the  lake, 
whose  teaching  was  of  choice  by  the  shore,  we,  here 
(where  He  would  have  loved  to  be)  turn  to  Thee  for 
his  secrets  of  rest  and  re-creation. 

We  too  have  been  torn  and  tormented  by  the  prob- 
lems of  the  burdens  and  pains  and  hardships  of  others, 
so  that  at  times  we  also  have  scarce  had  time  to 
sit  down  to  eat.  We  have  come  apart  awhile  to  get 
fresh  courage  and  renewed  balance  that  we  may  see 
more    clearly   and   be   shown   how   to   choose,   among 

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many  demands  and  desires  for  service,  that  one  or 
two  in  which  each  of  us  is  best  qualified  to  serve. 
From  thy  Son  we  would  learn  not  to  fret  at  being 
but  one-man  or  one-woman  power,  seeing  that  what- 
ever we  do — little  or  much — if  done  in  thy  service 
and  in  thy  Spirit,  is-  God-power.  Thus  pray  we,  O 
Vacation  Giver.     Amen. 

HERE,  by  the  sea,  this  day,  the  strength  of  God 
pilot  us,  the  power  of  God  preserve  us,  the  wis- 
dom of  God  instruct  us,  the  eye  of  God  watch  over  us, 
the  word  of  God  give  us  sweet-talk,  the  hand  of  God 
defend  us,  the  way  of  God  guide  us. 
Christ,  be  with  us, 
Christ,  before  us, 
Christ,  after  us, 
Christ,  in  us. 
Christ  on  our  right  hand, 
Christ  on  our  left  hand, 
Christ  at  our  back. 
Christ  in  the  heart  of  everyone  to  whom  we  speak, 
Christ  in  the  eye  of  everyone  who  leoks  upon  us, 
Christ  in  the  ear  of  everyone  who  hears. 
Here,  by  the  sea,  this  day.     Amen. 

WE  thank  Thee,  O  Thou  maker  and  giver  of  all 
things  beautiful,  for  the  glory  and  grace  of  the 
world.  For  the  wonders  of  sea  and  sky;  for  the  de- 
light of  the  eye  in  color  of  marsh,  and  wave  of  grass- 
stem,  and  curl  of  breaker,  and  leap  of  foam;  for  the 
gladness  in  the  call  of  a  song  sparrow;  for  the  scent 

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of  thy  sea;  for  the  tonic  touch  of  water  and  of  air. 
Help  us,  O  God,  lest  we  forget,  in  any  hour,  whence 
these  things  come.  Fill  us  with  the  gratitude  that 
gives  thanks,  not  in  sentiment  alone,  but  in  living  a 
life,  large  as  thy  sea,  open  and  pure  as  thy  sky,  with 
grace  in  it,  and  growth.     Amen. 

LORD,  we  have  often,  as  the  sun  dipped  to  the 
edge  of  the  world,  and  the  day  faded  from  serene 
and  stately  glory,  thanked  Thee  dearly,  and  stored  up 
the  memory  of  that  splendor  to  color  some  dull  future 
prisoned  times.  As  this  summer  ends  we  are  heartful 
of  gratitude  for  the  richness  and  spaciousness  of  our 
re-creation.  For  us  on  the  long  beaches  there  are 
many  special  reasons.  .  .  .  Our  work  done  with  the 
blue  immensity  and  the  mile  long  rollers  under  our 
eyes.  The  pure  delight  in  being  alive  and  in  motion: 
the  dip  of  the  sail  as  the  breeze  freshens;  the  dive 
through  the  breaker,  the  shoot  of  the  surf, — the  ad- 
venture of  it  all.  The  freedoms,  the  friendships,  the 
come-back  of  vigor,  the  readiness  to  tackle  work  again, 
the  changing,  multiplied,  spacious  glory.  O  generous 
Planner,  it  must  have  given  Thee  great  gladness  to 
have  seen  all  this  happiness.  May  we  render  it  back 
in  service.    Amen. 

OGOD,  who  has  promised  to  be  an  everlasting 
presence  among  men,  graciously  go  with  us  and 
before  us  that  we  may  walk  with  thee  and  be  thy 
disciples.  May  thy  spirit  sink  into  us,  broadening  and 
unfolding  our  lives  into  larger  proportions.     Give  us 

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wider  horizon  and  larger  liberty.  Make  duty  delight- 
ful and  service  freedom.  Make  shameful  to  us  every 
act  of  sin ;  let  the  lure  of  evil  fade  from  off  it,  and 
may  the  obedient  and  loyal  spirit  sway  us  like  a  pas- 
sion. Grant  us  true  fellowship  with  Jesus  Christ  that 
we  may  be  able  to  enter  deeper  and  deeper  into  His 
life  and  spirit.     Amen. 

THOU,  from  whom  my  life  has  come,  to  whom  it 
returns:  Thou,  Father  of  my  spirit,  accept  my 
thanks  this  day  for  all  I  have  come  to  know  about 
Thee.  Earth  and  sea  and  sky  have  been  vocal  with  thy 
messages  of  power  and  of  beauty :  human  beings  around 
me  have  taught  me  much  of  thy  tenderness:  in  the 
face  of  thy  Son  I  have  seen  shining  the  love  of  thy 
perfect  Fatherhood.  My  mind  worships:  my  heart 
adores.  Life  is  filled  with  a  new  glory:  help  me  to 
live  it  radiantly  until  everything  I  touch  shall  be  trans- 
figured: until  the  ordinary  and  commonplace  shall 
glow  with  sacred  meaning  and  the  whole  of  life  be- 
come a  sacrament.  Give  me,  O  my  Father,  the  vision 
that  comes  to  the  pure  in  heart,  even  the  discernment 
of  thy  presence  through  every  hour  of  my  days.  Give 
me  strength  to  bear,  courage  to  stand,  patience  to  w^ait. 
Help  me  to  make  the  mind  of  Christ  the  standard  of 
my  actions,  the  cross  of  Christ  the  measure  of  my  love, 
until  through  fellowship  with  Him  my  life  reflects 
Thee  truly.  To  Thee,  my  God  and  Father,  I  come 
with  this  my  prayer,  through  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord. 

Amen. 

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GRANT  thy  grace  to  thy  servants  whose  lives 
are  being  united  before  Thee,  that  they  may 
be  true  helpers  to  each  other,  bearing  one  another's 
burdens,  having  compassion  on  each  other's  infirmities, 
walking  together  in  faith  and  holiness  and  love.  May 
their  house  be  one  in  which  Thou  dost  love  to  dwell, 
in  which  they  talk  with  Thee  as  with  an  own  familiar 
friend.  Supply  their  temporal  w^ants  as  may  be  best 
for  them,  and  make  them  a  blessing  to  others.  Fill 
their  lives  with  love  of  the  best  things  in  thy  world, 
and  may  they  rejoice  in  each  other  and  in  Thee  all 
the  days  of  their  life,  whether  in  prosperity  or  adver- 
sity, in  health  or  in  sickness, — may  they  always  find  in 
Thee  their  comfort  and  strength  and  their  abiding 
peace.     Amen. 

GOD  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  God  the  Holy 
Ghost,  bless,  preserve,  and  keep  you.  The  Lord 
mercifully  with  his  favor  look  upon  you,  and  fill 
5^ou  with  all  spiritual  benediction  and  grace ;  that  ye 
may  so  live  together  in  this  life,  and  that  in  the  world 
to  come  ye  may  have  life  everlasting.     Amen. 

GIVER  of  all  gladness,  freely  we  have  received, 
freely  we  would  give;  and  chiefly  we  would  re- 
member that  he  that  cometh  to  Thee  shall  never 
hunger,  and  he  that  believeth  .  .  .  shall  never  thirst. 

Amen. 


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THE  lines  have  fallen  unto  us  in  pleasant  places; 
yea,  we  have  a  goodly  heritage  in  our  country, 
in  our  city:  and  so  in  this  hour  of  feasting,  we  turn 
to  Thee.  Show  us.  Lord,  what  thy  plan  is  for  us 
in  the  way  of  simpler  living — variety  without  luxury, 
plenty  without  excess.     Amen. 

UNTO  him  w^ho,  through  the  breaking  of  bread, 
brought  us  close  unto  God,  be  glory  and  honor 
now  and  for  ever.     Amen. 

TEACH  us  to  feed  our  spirits  as  regularly  as  our 
bodies,  Lord,  w^e  pray,  that  we  may  do  this  as 
oft  as  we  eat  or  drink  in  remembrance  of  Thee. 
Therefore  Lord,  let  not  this  meal-time  bring  food  for 
the  body  alone,  but  for  our  souls  as  well.    Amen. 

O  CHRIST, 
In  thy  presence, 
In   thy   spirit. 
We  take  bread, 
We  give  thanks, 
We  break  it. 

We  do  this,  as  oft  as  we  eat  and  drink, 
In   remembrance  of  Thee. 

OUR  food  and  our  comforts  come  so  regularly, 
Lord,  that  we  resent  delay  or  withdrawal.  Keep 
us  well  recollected,  for  not  only  here,  O  generous 
Lord,  have  we  far  more  than  our  need,  but  in  all  our 
lives.     Amen. 

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LORD,  be  glad  of  us. 
In  his  Spirit  we  ask  grace. 

With  Him  whose  table-talk  was  inspiration, 

Lord,  we  sit  down. 

Teach  us  to  feed  our  spirits  as  regularly  as  our  bodies, 

Lord. 

Lord,  we  beseech  Thee,  "give  us  that  due  sense  of  all 

Thy   mercies,    that    our    hearts   may   be   unfeignedly 

thankful"  and  we  show  forth  our  gratitude,  "not  only 

with  our  lips  but  in  our  lives." 

We  bless  thee  for  thine  inestimable  love. 

We  do  this,  as  oft  as  we  eat  or  drink,  in  remembrance 

cf  Thee. 

Grant  that  we  may  not  miss  the  best  in  life. 

We  thank  Thee  for  a  world  all  doors. 

Maker  of  sun-light, 
Give  us  soul-light. 

God  of  the  one  idea,  maker  of  a  world  with  one  work 
in  it,  we  give  thanks  for  love,  and  ask  for  service. 

Into  our  lives  we,  greatly  daring,  invite  Thee,  Lord. 


MAY  we,  our  Father,  think  of  the  dead  as  possess- 
ing a  more  splendid  equipment  for  a  larger  life 
of  diviner  service,  than  was  possible  to  them  on  earth — 
a  life  in  which  we  shall  in  due  time  join  them  if  we 

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are   counted   worthy   of   their   fellowship   in   the   life 
eternal.     Amen. 

WE  remember  to-day,  those  our  sisters  who  have 
met  with  us  in  times  past,  and  "are  now  de- 
parted this  life  in  thy  faith  and  fear,  beseeching  Thee 
to  give  us  grace  so  to  follow  their  good  examples,  that 
with  them  we  may  be  partakers  of  thy  Heavenly 
Kingdom.  Grant  this,  O  Father,  for  Jesus  Christ 
sake,  our  only  Mediator  and  Advocate."     Amen. 

THOU  hast  visited  us  through  the  angel  of  death, 
taking  from  us  the  familiar  face  of  one  who  be- 
longed in  our  group,  opening  to  her  the  gates  of 
eternal  life.  May  we  see  beyond  the  sorrow  of  this 
hour,  into  the  glory  that  is  beyond,  that  we  may  know 
Thou  art  the  One  whom  we  would  see,  the  Father  of 
all  thy  children,  and  that  when  we  go  out  of  this  world 
it  is  to  go  home,  to  the  welcome  and  love  of  our 
Father's  house.  We  would  go  to  Thee  with  clean 
hands  and  a  pure  heart.  Cleanse  us,  we  pray,  from  all 
that  would  make  us  afraid  before  Thee.  Make  us  glad 
to  think  of  the  day  that  will  bring  thy  message  to  us 
also  to  come  home.     Amen. 

WE  remember  with  reverent  love  our  friends  and 
fellow-workers  who  rest  from  their  labor  and 
now  behold  Thee  face  to  face.  .  .  .  May  the  life  of  our 
heroic  dead  still  be  a  living  force  among  us,  through 
the   characters   they  have   moulded   and   through   thy 
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Holy  Spirit  which  binds  in  one  the  Church  militant 
and  the  Church  triumphant. 

Thy  peace  be  upon  this  city,  and  upon  all  who  love 
the  Lord  Jesus.    In  his  name  we  pray.    Amen. 

NOW  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again  from 
the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great  Shepherd  of 
the  sheep,  through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting  cove- 
nant, make  us  perfecl  in  every  good  work  to  do  his 
will,  working  in  us  that  which  is  well  pleasing  in  his 
sight,  through  Jesus  Christ ;  to  whom  be  glory  for  ever 
and  ever.     Amen. 


OMOST  merciful  Father,  who  hast  blessed  the  la- 
bors of  the  husbandman  in  the  returns  of  the 
fruits  of  the  earth,  we  give  Thee  humble  and  hearty 
thanks  for  thy  bounty;  beseeching  Thee  to  continue 
thy  loving-kindness  to  us,  that  our  land  may  still  yield 
her  increase  to  thy  glory  and  our  comfort ;  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen. 

ETERNAL  God,  we  pray  that  .  .  .  our  memories 
be  eager  to  recall  the  way  of  thy  providence.  We 
have  been  led  by  thy  grace  to  the  close  of  the  year. 
Thou  hast  brought  us  over  many  varied  roads,  in  light 
and  shadow,  in  health  and  in  sickness,  in  success  and 
in  apparent  defeat;  thy  care  has  never  left  us  and  thy 
love  has  never  slept.     Thou  dost  not  leave  thy  chil- 

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dren  when  the  night  suddenly  falls  upon  them  and 
their  way  is  hid.  Thou  dost  not  cast  us  away  in  the 
times  of  our  weakness  when  we  can  no  longer  serve 
Thee  with  strength.  Thy  companionship  becomes 
more  intimate  in  the  days  of  adversity.  Nor  dost 
Thou  leave  us  in  our  radiant  noondays.  In  times 
when  everything  is  prosperous  and  fair  Thou  dost  share 
our  festival  and  the  joy  of  the  Lord  is  our  strength. 
We  magnify  thy  name  for  thy  providential  bounty. 
But  more  than  all  we  bless  Thee  for  the  fulfilment  of 
thy  promise  to  us  in  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Not  one 
word  has  failed  of  all  that  Thou  hast  spoken  to  us  in 
Him.  We  bow  at  the  cross  of  our  Saviour  and  we 
surrender  our  lives  to  his  service.  Graciously  hal- 
low these  closing  days  of  the  old  year,  and  may  we 
so  use  them  that  we  can  enter  the  New  Year  clothed 
in  the  glory  of  the  Lord.     Amen. 

ETERNAL  God,  we  bow  before  Thee  as  the  chil- 
dren of  grace  and  love.  Thy  mercy  has  brought 
us  into  the  New  Year.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  assur- 
ance that  fills  our  souls  that  the  New  Year  brings  new 
mercies  and  new  opportunities  for  service. 
Let  in  the  light  as  our  eyes  are  able  to  bear  it.  Tell 
us  some  of  the  many  things  which  are  yet  withholden 
because  we  are  not  able  to  bear  them.  May  we  exer- 
cise our  senses  in  discernment,  that  so  we  may  be  led 
into  the  deeper  secrets  of  thy  truth.  And  w^ilt  Thou 
graciously  grant  unto  us  new  possibilities  of  service. 
May  we  light  lamps  on  many  a  dark  road.     May  we 

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give  help  to  many  a  tired  pilgrim  who  is  burdened  by 
the  greatness  of  the  way.  May  we  give  cups  of  re- 
freshment to  those  who  are  thirsty  and  faint.  And 
may  our  own  faith  and  hope  restore  the  flickering  light 
when  courage  is  nearly  spent.     Amen. 

O  ETERNAL  Father,  strong  to  save,  cleanse  us, 
we  beseech  Thee,  from  the  stain  of  the  years 
that  are  past.  May  light,  not  only  of  a  New  Year 
but  of  a  new  era,  dawn  for  the  awakening  of  the 
world.  Make  this  year  better  than  former  years, 
nobler  in  character  and  attainment,  more  perfect  in 
the  power  of  self-government,  self-discipline,  self-sacri- 
fice. May  we  live  the  days  as  gifts  from  Thee,  en- 
joyed in  thy  companionship,  inspired  by  thy  presence, 
and  sweetened  by  thy  love,  in  thy  Spirit.     Amen. 

OTHOU,  who  art  ever  the  same,  grant  us  to  pass 
through  the  coming  year  with  faithful  hearts, 
that  we  may  be  able  in  all  things  to  please  thy  loving 
eyes.     Amen. 

O  GRACIOUS  Lord,  who  as  at  this  time  didst 
raise  thy  Son  Jesus  Christ  with  power  from  the 
grave,  raise  us  up,  we  beseech  Thee,  from  the  death  of 
sin  to  the  life  of  righteousness.  Revive  our  faith,  and 
make  us  followers  of  Him  who  hath  taken  away  the 
"sin  of  the  world;  who  by  his  death  hath  destroyed 
death,  and  by  his  rising  to  life  again  hath  restored  us 
to  everlasting  life."  Hear  us,  O  merciful  Father,  we 
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pray  Thee,  for  the  sake  of  our  risen  Saviour,  to  whom 
with  Thee  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  all  honor  and 
glory,  world  without  end.     Amen.* 

OUR  heavenly  Father,  may  each  one  of  us  bring 
to  this  hour  which  we  spend  together,  not  only 
our  mind,  but  our  whole  heart  and  soul.  As  on  the 
way  to  Emmaus  the  hearts  of  the  disciples  burned 
within  them  as  they  talked,  because  Jesus  was  with 
them,  so  may  we  have  such  a  sense  of  thy  presence  here 
with  us  that  we  waste  no  moment  in  purposeless  talk; 
but  may  there  be  kindled  in  us  an  unquenchable  thirst 
for  Thee,  an  intense  dissatisfaction  with  ourselves  as 
we  are,  an  ever  increasing  sensitiveness  to  thy  voice  in 
our  souls,  an  ever  stronger  setting  of  our  wills  to 
choose  always  the  right  rather  than  the  easy  thing. 
And  as  we  go  out,  may  the  inspiration  which  we  have 
here  caught,  be  transmuted  into  our  every  word  and 
thought  and  act;  and  so,  "seeing  Thee  in  common 
things,  and  showing  Thee  in  common  tasks"  may  each 
one  of  us  become  a  more  perfect  instrument  through 
which  Thou  mayst  express  thyself  and  work  thy  will. 
For  Jesus'  sake.    Amen. 

GRACIOUS  Father,  wilt  Thou  guard  us  by  thy 
Holy  Spirit.  May  we  keep  the  thought  of  thy- 
self present  to  us  as  our  Father  in  Christ  Jesus.  Keep 
alive  in  us  a  spirit  of  love  and  meekness  to  all  men. 
Deliver  us  from  everything  that  narrows  our  affec- 

*  From  "A  Chain  of  Prayer,"     By  permission. 

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tions  and  straightens  our  compassions.  Give  us  larger 
thoughts  of  thy  purposes  concerning  us.  May  our 
daily  life  be  governed  by  the  fulness  of  thy  purpose. 
Especially  wilt  Thou  help  us  through  this  Christmas 
season,  so  that  in  all  our  festivity  we  may  glorify  thy 
name.  May  our  joy  be  pure  and  undefiled.  Let  the 
light  of  thy  fellowship  fall  upon  our  way,  and  may 
our  Christmastide  be  full  of  Christ.  Bless  all  little 
children.  Let  the  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  fill  their 
lives,  and  in  all  the  gladness  of  the  season  may  they 
feel  the  friendship  of  the  Lord.  Hallow  our  mem- 
ories, and  may  thy  continued  goodness  fill  us  with 
thanksgiving.  We  pray  that  the  bounties  of  thy  love 
may  become  known  far  and  wide  during  this  sacred 
season  and  may  the  bells  of  peace  soon  be  heard  ring- 
ing throughout  the  world.  May  all  the  gracious  asso- 
ciations of  Christmas  hallow  the  minds  of  the  nations 
until  all  people  shall  come  nearer  together  in  common 
devotion  to  the  Lord.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  our  Father,  the  Christmas 
bells  are  beginning  to  ring  out  the  evangel  of 
our  Saviour's  birth.  We  humbly  pray  that  the  bells 
of  Christmas  joy  may  ring  in  our  souls  as  we  remem- 
ber his  love  and  grace.  We  pray  that  we  may  not 
only  commemorate  his  birth  in  Bethlehem,  but  may 
we  rejoice  that  He  has  been  born  in  our  souls.  May 
we  be  found  this  Christmas-tide  near  the  wells  oi 
salvation.  If  in  any  way  we  are  unfitted  to  celebrate 
the  festive  season  wilt  Thou  prepare  us  by  thy  Spirit. 
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Deliver  us  from  every  sin  which  would  scale  our  sight. 
Lift  us  out  of  all  littleness  and  meanness,  and  make  us 
noble  and  generous,  endowing  us  with  the  very  Spirit 
of  our  Lord.  May  we  be  mindful  of  others,  and  con- 
cerned about  their  good.  May  we  find  our  own 
strength  in  helping  the  weak.  May  we  discover  our 
own  light  in  bringing  sunshine  to  others.  May  we 
have  new  surprises  of  grace  while  we  are  serving 
others  in  difficult  roads.  Let  the  Christmas  angels 
make  their  music  in  desolate  places.  May  they  fill 
the  darkness  with  their  songs.  Even  in  this  time  of 
war  and  convulsion  may  we  hear  the  heralds  of  peace. 
May  the  entire  world  be  hushed  to  hear  the  angels 
sing.  Come  to  us  in  this  service ;  let  thy  light  illumine 
all  our  lives,  and  may  w^e  be  lifted  into  heavenly  places 
in  Christ  Jesus  our  Lord.    Amen. 

OGOD,  who  of  thy  compassion  and  tenderness 
towards  the  human  race  didst  send  thine  only 
begotten  Son,  that  He  might  take  upon  Him  our 
flesh  and  dwell  amongst  us;  we  desire  to  worship 
before  the  infinite  greatness  of  thy  love.  Our  hearts 
are  filled  with  joy,  our  tongues  with  praise.  O  blessed 
Jesus,  who  as  on  this  day  wert  born  in  Bethlehem, 
and  didst  lie  a  weak  and  helpless  Child,  whilst  yet 
Thou  wert  the  eternal  Son  of  God,  look  upon  us, 
we  beseech  Thee,  and  make  us  willing  to  be  partakers 
of  thy  meekness  and  humility.  O  Thou  who  art  the 
Prince  of  Peace,  grant  us  that  inward  peace  which 
Thou  alone  art  able  to  bestow.    Amen. 

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OGOD,  who  hast  given  us  the  great  gift  of  Life, 
help  us  to  see  the  meaning  of  it.  Thou  hast 
given  us  bodies  with  urgent  needs  and  lively  pleasures. 
Help  us  to  understand  and  keep  Th}^  laws  for  these 
quickened  tenements.  Thou  hast  given  us  minds,  per- 
plexed and  eager,  minds  that  will  not,  can  not  know 
rest  apart  from  Thee.  Help  us  to  seek  ceaselessly  until 
we  see  Thee  in  history,  in  human  life,  until  we  see  thee 
and  the  working  of  Thy  iS^^  of  love  under  and 
through  our  human  failures  and  thwartings.  But  Thy 
greatest  gift,  our  Father,  is  the  Life  of  the  Spirit.  We 
ignore,  we  misuse,  we  dim  this  flame.  Help  us  to 
know  it  as  the  sharing  of  Thy  Life.  May  body  and 
mind  be  for  it  fit  channels.  May  it  be  our  passion  to 
fulfill  this  Life,*dSs*fcieaging  thmugh  the  dory  of  Life 
.    in  Christ  Jesus,  who  isWay,4^ruth  anaHLight.      ^, 

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O  MASTER  of  life  and  God  of  our  salvation,  we 
are  making  bold  this  day  to  enter  the  Holy  of 
Holies,  even  the  life  and  mind  of  thy  dear  Son.  Fill 
us  with  reverence  and  awe.  Fasten  our  attention  on 
the  things  that  are  high  and  eternal.  Keep  us  from 
the  profanity  of  wandering  thoughts  and  the  frivolity 
of  surface  thinking.  Help  us  this  day  to  live  with 
Jesus,  so  that  in  the  coming  days  our  message  may  be 
a  word  from  Him  to  men,  winged  with  power  to 
reveal  and  to  bless,  to  thy  honor  and  praise  and  to 
the  help  of  our  fellow-men.     Amen. 

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ON  this  day  of  our  Lord  and  in  his  sight  I  affirm 
my  faith  in  the  reality  of  the  spiritual  world, 
in  the  sacred  voice  of  duty,  in  the  compelling  power 
of  truth  and  holiness,  in  prayer,  in  the  life  eternal, 
in  Him  who  is  the  life  of  my  life  and  the  reality 
behind  all  things  visible.     I  rejoice  to  believe  in  God. 

I  affirm  my  faith  in  the  Kingdom  of  God  and  my 
hope  in  its  final  triumph.  I  determine  by  faith  to  live 
day  by  day  within  the  higher  order  and  the  divine 
peace  of  my  true  fatherland,  and  to  carry  its  spirit 
and  laws  into  all  my  dealings  in  the  world  that  now  is. 

I  make  an  act  of  love  toward  all  my  fellow-men. 
I  accept  them  as  they  are,  with  all  their  sins  and 
failures,  and  declare  my  solidarity  with  them.  If  any 
have  wronged  or  grieved  me,  I  place  my  mind  within 
the  all-comprehending  and  all-loving  mind  of  God, 
and  here  and  now  forgive.  I  desire  to  minister  God's 
love  to  men  and  to  offer  no  hindrance  to  the  free 
flow  of  his  love  through  me. 

I  affirm  my  faith  in  life.  I  call  life  good  and  not 
evil.  I  accept  the  limitations  of  my  own  life  and 
believe  it  is  possible  for  me  to  live  a  beautiful  and 
Christ-like  life  within  the  conditions  set  for  me. 
Through  the  power  of  Christ  which  descends  on  me, 
I  know  that  I  can  be  more  than  conqueror.     Amen. 

OUR  gracious  Father,  we  bless  Thee  for  our  com- 
munion in  the  ministries  of  intercession  and 
praise.  We  thank  Thee  that  the  solitary  life  can  meet 
its  fellows,  and  we  can  get  together  in  the  presence 

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chamber  of  the  Lord.  We  thank  Thee  that  those  who 
are  strong  in  faith  can  be  the  helpers  of  those  who 
are  trembling,  and  that  those  whose  hopes  are  burning 
dim  can  be  encouraged  by  the  spirits  of  those  who 
are  full  of  joy  and  expectation.  Wilt  Thou  help  us 
to  be  real  companions  in  worship.  May  we  be  very 
willing  to  hold  our  strength  in  the  service  of  one 
another.  We  rejoice  in  the  confidence  that  all  things 
are  now  ready,  that  the  table  is  spread  with  provisions, 
and  that  the  Saviour  is  waiting  for  his  guests.  May 
we  come  to  Thee  with  a  great  hunger  for  the  best 
things  which  Thou  art  waiting  to  give.  May  we  be 
ambitious  to  possess  the  unsearchable  riches  of  Christ. 
Wilt  Thou  graciously  give  us  thy  strength,  so  that  we 
may  use  it  in  unselfish  service.  Guide  us  in  the  ser- 
vice of  our  country,  and  may  we  be  ready  to  help  her 
to  the  uttermost.  Help  us  all  to  believe  in  Thee  in 
difficult  times.  May  we  have  the  faith  which  can  sing 
songs  in  the  night.  May  we  be  believers  in  the  dawn 
even  when  the  darkness  is  round  about  us.  May  we 
fight  the  good  fight  of  faith,  and  be  more  than  con- 
querors through  Him  that  loved  us.     Amen. 

MOST  merciful  Father,  we  thank  Thee  that  Thou 
dost  call  us  to  be  children  of  light.  Thou  dost 
graciously  offer  us  thy  peace  so  that  when  our  hearts 
are  at  rest  we  may  face  the  Iniquity  of  the  world 
with  triumphant  courage.  Feed  us  with  the  bread 
of  life  in  order  that  we  may  minister  to  the  hungers 
of  others.  Speak  thy  great  promise  to  our  spirits  so 
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that  we  may  become  heralds  of  thy  grace.  Give  us 
true  discernment  so  that  we  may  look  at  everything 
with  the  vision  of  our  Lord.  We  humbly  pray  that 
Thou  wilt  impart  unto  us  the  spirit  of  worship.  May 
we  have  the  wings  which  will  lift  us  above  transient 
things  into  the  heavenly  places  in  Christ  Jesus.  May 
we  breathe  the  air  of  the  heights,  and  return  to  the 
vale  clothed  'in  new  strength.  Make  us  thy  servants 
in  winning  the  outcast  and  the  stranger  and  those  who 
are  indifferent  to  thy  wonderful  love.  May  we 
share  the  secret  of  Jesus,  and  manifest  the  secret  be- 
fore our  fellowmen.  Thou  seest  us,  a  company  who 
have  come  over  many  different  roads.  Some  are  the 
children  of  joy  and  they  have  danced  along  the  way. 
Others  are  the  children  of  grief  and  they  journey  with 
heavy  feet.  Some  have  found  the  pearl  of  great  price 
and  the  new  song  is  in  their  hearts.  Others  are  look- 
ing for  that  pearl  and  we  pray  that  they  may  find  it. 
Reclaim  the  prodigal.  Hearten  the  defeated.  Min- 
ister to  those  who  are  blinded  with  tears.  Help  those 
who  have  been  lamed  in  battle  and  graciously  restore 
their  strength.  May  we  all  meet  at  the  cross  of  our 
Saviour,  and  In  Its  solemn  shadow  may  we  discover 
life  and  peace.     Amen. 

OUR  heavenly  Father,  we  come  to  thank  Thee 
for  thy  many  mercies,  and  Invoke  thy  protec- 
tion and  guidance  for  all  the  way  of  life.  We  rejoice 
that  we  may  know  Thee  and  love  Thee  and  serve 
Thee  and  be  like  Thee.     Grant  us  grace  to  please 

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Thee  in  all  that  we  think  and  plan  and  do.  Help  us 
to  live  in  such  fellowship  with  Thee  that  Thou  canst 
not  only  dwell  in  us,  but  work  through  us.  Help 
us  to  share  our  blessings  with  others,  and  to  find  in 
our  privileges  an  obligation  to  minister  to  those  who 
need  what  we  have.  Bestow  upon  us  strength  for  our 
daily  tasks;  courage  in  the  face  of  fears;  comfort  in 
sorrow ;  quiet  in  the  midst  of  tumult ;  hope  in  the  pres- 
ence of  uncertainty;  high  motives  for  humble  as  well 
as  high  deeds;  self-control  in  the  hour  of  provocation; 
gentleness  and  forgiveness  when  tempted  to  revenge; 
and  the  peace  which  passeth  all  understanding.  Hold 
in  thy  holy  care  all  our  loved  ones,  and  keep  guard 
over  our  interests  in  life.  Give  us  to  see  the  speedy 
coming  of  thy  Kingdom  among  all  men,  and  let  us 
have  an  increasing  share  in  Its  establishment.  Fill 
our  hearts  with  songs  of  expectation,  and  flood  our 
faces  with  morning  light,  and  when  the  day  is  done 
let  the  weariness  of  work  make  welcome  the  rest  of 
home,  we  beg  in  our  Redeemer's  name.     Amen. 

LET  thy  Spirit,  O  Lord,  rest  upon  thy  congrega- 
tion. We  have  brought  to  thy  house  our  selfish- 
ness and  vanity,  our  vulgar  delight  in  our  possession 
of  the  things  which  our  neighbors  do  not  possess,  our 
debasing  pride  in  the  things  which  cause  us  to  differ 
from  our  brethren,  our  hard-hearted  Indifference  to 
others*  needs  and  pains,  our  gilded  hypocrisies,  our 
smug  self-satisfaction,  our  hideous  formalism,  our 
heathenish  ingratitude  to  Thee.  Yet  we  are  thy 
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people.  Thou  hast  redeemed  us.  Thou  hast  called 
us.  .  .  .  We  are  thine.  O  let  thy  Spirit  rest  upon 
us.  Visit  us  with  thy  salvation.  Melt  our  hearts 
with  the  divine  glow  of  thy  presence.  And  send  us 
home  forgetful  of  everything  save  thy  goodness  and 
the  infinite  debt  we  owe  to  our  fellow-men.         Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  maker  of  all  things,  judge  of  all  men  ; 
we  acknowledge  and  bewail  our  manifold  sins  and 
wickedness,  which  we,  from  time  to  time,  most  griev- 
ously have  committed,  by  thought,  word,  and  deed, 
against  thy  divine  Majesty,  provoking  most  justly 
thy  wrath  and  indignation  against  us.  We  do  earnest- 
ly repent,  and  are  heartily  sorry  for  these  our  mis- 
doings; the  remembrance  of  them  is  grievous  unto  us; 
the  burden  of  them  is  intolerable.  Have  mercy  upon 
us,  have  mercy  upon  us,  most  merciful  Father;  for 
thy  Son  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ's  sake,  forgive  us  all 
that  is  past;  and  grant  that  we  may  ever  hereafter 
serve  and  please  Thee  in  newness  of  life,  to  the  honor 
and  glory  of  thy  name,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.     Amen. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  fountain  of  all  wisdom,  who 
know^est  our  necessities  before  we  ask,  and  our 
ignorance  in  asking:  we  beseech  Thee  to  have  com- 
passion upon  our  infirmities ;  and  those  things  which 
for  our  unworthiness  we  dare  not  and  for  our  blind- 
ness we  cannot  ask,  vouchsafe  to  give  us,  for  the 
worthiness  of  thy  Son  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord.     Amen. 

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JESUS  who  didst  touch  the  leper, 
Deliver  us  from  antipathies, 
Who  didst  eat  with  them  who  washed  not  before  meat, 

Deliver  us  from  fastidiousness. 
Who  didst  condone  inhospitality, 
Deliver  us  from  affront  taking. 
Who  wouldst  not  promise  the  right  hand  or  the  left. 

Deliver  us  from  favoritism. 
Who  having  called  didst  recall  Peter, 

Deliver  us  from  soreness, 
Who    didst    love    active    Martha    and    contemplative 
Mary, 
Deliver  us  from  respect  of  persons. 

Deliver  us  while  it  is  called  today, 

Thou  who  givest  today, 
And  promisest  not  tomorrow. 

SANCTIFY,  O  Lord,  our  souls  and  bodies,  and 
spirits,  and  touch  our  apprehensions  and  search 
out  our  consciences  and  cast  out  of  us  every  evil 
thought,  every  base  desire,  all  envy,  and  pride,  and 
hypocrisy,  all  falsehood,  all  deceit,  all  remembrance  of 
injuries,  all  malice,  all  anger — even^  motive  of  flesh 
and  spirit  contrary  to  thy  holy  will.  And  grant  us, 
O  Lord.  Lover  of  men,  to  call  upon  Thee  with  free- 
dom, without  shame  or  confusion  of  face,  with  a  pure 
heart  and  contrite  soul,  and  with  sanctified  lips, 
boldly.    Amen* 

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STIR  up,  we  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord,  the  wills  of 
thy  faithful  people;  that  they,  plenteously  bring- 
ing forth  the  fruit  of  good  works,  may  by  Thee  be 
plenteously  rewarded;  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

Amen. 


ETERNAL  God,  our  Father,  we  thank  Thee  that 
Thou  hast  made  us  the  children  of  promise,  and 
therefore  we  may  all  receive  the  bounties  of  thy  grace. 
Thou  wilt  not  turn  us  away  from  thy  door  if  we  come 
to  Thee  in  all  the  hunger  of  our  spiritual  needs.  Thou 
wilt  receive  us  with  heavenly  hospitality  and  Thou 
wilt  feed  us  with  the  bread  of  life.  We  bless  Thee 
for  this  glorious  hope,  and  we  pray  that  in  this  service 
the  hope  may  be  realized.  May  we  have  the  willing- 
ness to  lay  our  burdens  down  at  thy  feet.  May  we 
carry  nothing  away  from  this  service  which  ought  to 
be  left  with  Thee.  May  our  guilt  be  buried  in  the  un- 
fathomable sea  of  thy  forgiving  love.  May  our  fail- 
ures be  lost  in  the  restoring  ministries  of  thy  grace. 
May  our  disappointments  be  changed  into  radiant  ex- 
pectations. May  all  bitterness  be  transformed  into 
Christian  love.  .  .  .  Thou  has  brought  us  here  over 
many  different  roads.  May  we  meet  at  the  common 
spring.  May  we  find  that  our  God's  sufficiency  is 
greater  than  all  our  need.  May  ever}-  soul  be  minis- 
tered to  by  the  Spirit,  and  be  overwhelmed  by  the 
glorious  thought  that  this  is  the  house  of  God  and 
this  is  the  gate  of  heaven.    Amen. 

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OUR  Father,  as  we  come  to  the  parting,  we 
humbly  give  Thee  thanks.  .  .  .  We  thank  Thee 
for  the  real  work  accomplished,  for  the  plans  laid 
.  .  .  and  we  beseech  Thee  to  set  thy  seal  beneath 
what  we  have  done  and  make  it  valid. 

We  thank  Thee  for  the  quickening  of  old  friend- 
ships, for  new  and  fruitful  contacts,  and  for  the 
broadened  understanding  of  our  common  work.  .  .  . 
Make  us  worthy  to  bear  thy  message.  May  every 
word  and  act  be  the  simple  pulsing  of  a  Christian 
heart. 

We  thank  Thee  for  the  voices  that  have  inter- 
preted thy  will  and  summoned  us  to  thy  work.  We 
praise  Thee  for  hours  of  holy  quiet  in  which  we 
crossed  the  threshold  of  thy  presence  and  listened  to 
the  inner  voice  in  the  most  holy  place.  Fix  on  tht- 
sensitive  film  of  our  spirits  the  image  and  splendor  of 
Christ  which  shone  upon  us  in  the  great  moments. 

And  now  .  .  .  we  feel  our  utter  need  of  Thee, 
Thou  great  companion  of  our  souls.  Be  Thou  the 
strength  of  our  weakness,  the  wisdom  of  our  foolish- 
ness, the  triumph  of  our  failures,  the  changeless  unity 
in  our  changing  days.  Knowing  the  brevity  of  our 
years,  help  us  to  work  resolutely  while  it  is  day.  Shine 
upon  us,  Thou  sun  of  our  life,  even  in  the  valley  of 
the  shadow,  and  may  the  song  of  faith  never  die  in  our 
hearts.  We  make  our  petition  through  Jesus  Christ 
our  Saviour  and  Lord.     Amen. 


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Now  unto  him  that  Is  able  to  do  exceeding  abun- 
dantly above  all  that  we  ask  or  think,  according 
to  the  power  that  worketh  in  us,  unto  Him  be  glory 
in  the  Church  by  Christ  Jesus  throughout  all  ages, 
world  without  end.    Amen. 


o 


LORD,  relieve  the  wants  of  others, 
And  give  us  thankful  hearts.     Amen. 


THE  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love 
of  God,  and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
be  vdth  us  all  evermore.     Amen. 

THE  Lord  bless  us  and  keep  us; 
The  Lord  make  his  face  shine  upon  us,  and  be 
gracious  unto  us  ; 
The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  us,  and  give 
us  peace,  both  now  and  evermore. 

'HE  Lord  watch  between  me  and  thee  when  we 
are  absent  one  from  another.    Amen. 

THE  peace  of  God  which  passeth  all  understand- 
ing, keep  your  hearts  and  minds  in  the  knowl- 
edge and  love  of  God,  and  of  his  Son  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord ;  and  the  blessing  of  God  Almighty,  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Spirit,  be  amongst  you  and  re- 
main with  you  alwaj's.    Amen. 


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AND  now  as  we  go  forth,  may  our  eyes  be  opened, 
according  to  His  promise,  to  see  the  new  heavens 
and   the  new  earth,   wherein  dwelleth   righteousness. 

Amen. 

MAY  He  who  is  the  same  yesterday,  today,  and 
forever,  send  us  forth  with  hearts  established  by 
happiness.     Amen. 

MAY  the  God  in  whom  you  hope,  grant  you  per- 
fect happiness  in  your  faith  that  you  may  be  over- 
flowing with  hope  through  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit.     Amen. 

MAY  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  Himself,  and  God  our 
Father  who  has  loved  us  and  given  us  eternal 
encouragement  and  a  bright  hope,  comfort  your  hearts 
and  make  you  stedfast  in  every  good  work  and  word. 

Amen. 

LORD,  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing,  that  we,  in- 
spired by  this  hour,  may  radiate  light  and  life. 

Amen. 

NOW  may  He  that  is  able  to  keep  you  safe  from 
stumbling,  cause  you  to  stand  in  the  presence  of 
His  glory  free  from  blemish  and  full  of  exultant  joy 
.  .  .  now,  and  forevermore.    Amen. 

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BIBLE  READINGS 

ASK,  and  it  shall  be  given  you ;  seek,  and  ye  shall 
ind ;  knock,  and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  you. 
For  everyone  that  asketh  receiveth ;  and  he  that  seeketh 
flndeth ;  and  to  him  that  knocketh  it  shall  be  opened. 
Or  what  man  is  there  of  you,  whom  if  his  son  ask 
bread,  will  he  give  him  a  stone?  Or  if  he  ask  a  fish, 
will  be  give  him  a  serpent?  If  ye  then,  being  evil, 
know  how  to  give  good  gifts  unto  your  children,  how 
much  more  shall  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven  give 
good  things  to  them  that  ask  Him?  {Matt,  viiiy-ii.) 

AGAIN  I  say  unto  you,  that  if  two  of  you  shall 
agree  on  earth  as  touching  anything  that  they 
shall  ask,  it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  Father  who 
is  in  heaven  {Matt,  xviiiiig). 

YE  are  the  temple  of  the  living  God ;  as  God  hath 
said,  I  will  dwell  in  them,  and  walk  in  them; 
and  I  will  be  their  God,  and  they  shall  be  my  people 
(2  Cor.  vi:i6). 

MY   God    will   supply   all   your   own   needs   from 
his    wealth    in    glory    in    Christ    Jesus    {Phil. 
iv:i9). 


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WE  glory  in  tribulations  also :  knowing  that  tribu- 
lation worketh  patience;  and  patience,  charac- 
ter ;  and  character,  hope ;  and  that  this  hope  never  dis- 
appoints; because  the  love  of  God  floods  our  hearts  by 
the  Holy  Spirit  w^hich  is  given  unto  us.    {Rom.  v:3-5.) 


I  THEREFORE,  the  prisoner  of  the  Lord,  beg  of 
you  to  live  a  life  worthy  of  your  calling,  with  per- 
fect modesty  and  gentleness,  show^ing  forbearance  to 
one  another,  patiently  zealous  in  love  to  preserve  the 
unity  of  the  Spirit,  by  binding  peace  upon  yourselves. 
(Eph.  iv:i-3.)  And  it  is  to  this  you  were  called:  be- 
cause Christ  also  suffered  on  your  behalf,  leaving  you 
an  example,  so  that  you  should  follow  in  his  steps.  He 
never  sinned,  and  no  deceitful  language  was  ever  heard 
from  his  mouth.  When  He  was  reviled.  He  did  not 
answer  with  reviling;  when  He  suffered,  He  uttered 
no  threats;  but  left  His  wrongs  in  the  hands  of  the 
righteous  Judge,  (i  Pet.  ii:2i-23.)  Be  ye  therefore 
merciful,  as  your  Father  also  is  merciful.  {Lu.  vi  :36.) 
If  thou  bring  thy  gift  to  the  altar,  and  there  remem- 
berest  that  thy  brother  has  any  grievance  against  thee, 
leave  thy  gift  there  before  the  altar,  go  and  make 
friends  with  thy  brother  first,  and  then  return  and  offer 
thy  gift.  {Matt.  v:23,  24.)  Love  your  enemies  .  .  . 
and  pray  for  your  persecutors,  that  so  you  may  become 
true  sons  of  your  Father  in  Heaven.     {Matt,  v  :44-45.) 


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J  LIVED  without  law.  The  commandment  came. 
The  command  gave  an  impulse  to  sin.  The  law  is 
spiritual.  I  am  a  creature  of  flesh  and  blood.  That 
which  I  do  I  cannot  understand.  For  the  good  which 
I  would  I  do  not,  but  the  evil  I  detest,  that  I  do. 
I  know  that  in  me  (that  is  in  my  lower  na- 
ture) dwelleth  no  good  thing.  For  the  wish  is  pres- 
ent with  me,  but  the  power  to  do  that  which  is  right 
is  not.  Against  my  will  I  do  wrong.  I  delight  in  the 
law  of  God  in  my  mind.  In  my  members  I  see  an- 
other law,  warring  against  the  law  of  my  mind,  and 
bringing  me  into  captivity.  O  miserable  wretch  that 
I  am!  Who  shall  deliver  me?  God  through  Jesus 
Christ!  Thanks  be  to  him,  through  Jesus  our  Lord, 
there  is  no  doom.  The  Spirit  of  life  sets  me  free! 
{Rom.  vii:i4  to  viii:2.) 

LET  us  hold  fast  our  profession.  For  we  have  not 
an  high  priest  who  is  not  able  to  feel  for  us  in 
our  weaknesses;  but  was  tempted  in  every  respect  just 
as  we  are  tempted,  yet  did  not  sin.  Let  us  therefore 
come  boldly  unto  the  throne  of  love,  that  we  may  ob- 
tain mercy  and  find  spiritual  strength  in  time  of  need. 
The  love  of  God  floods  our  hearts  by  the  Holy  Spirit 
which  is  given  unto  us.  Likewise  the  Spirit  also  help- 
eth  our  infirmities:  for  we  know  not  what  we  should 
pray  for  as  we  ought.  The  fruit  of  the  Spirit  is  love, 
joy,  peace,  good-temper,  kindliness,  generosity,  good 
faith,  gentleness,  self-control;  against  such  there  is  no 
law.  (Heb.  iv  114-1 6,  Rom.  v:5,  viii:26.  Gal.  v:22,  23.) 

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THEN  shall  the  King  say  unto  them  on  his  right 
hand,  Come,  ye  blessed  of  my  Father,  inherit 
the  kingdom  prepared  for  you  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world :  for  I  was  an  hungered,  and  ye  gave  me  meat: 
I  was  thirsty,  and  ye  gave  me  drink :  I  was  a  stranger, 
and  ye  took  me  in:  naked,  and  ye  clothed  me:  I  was 
sick,  and  ye  visited  me:  I  was  in  prison,  and  ye  came 
unto  me.  Then  shall  the  righteous  answer  Him, 
saying,  Lord,  when  saw  we  Thee  an  hungered,  and 
fed  Thee?  or  thirsty,  and  gave  Thee  drink?  when  saw 
we  Thee  a  stranger,  and  took  Thee  in  ?  or  naked,  and 
clothed  Thee  ?  or  when  saw  we  Thee  sick,  or  in  prison, 
and  came  unto  Thee?  And  the  King  shall  answer 
and  say  unto  them.  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  Inasmuch 
as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my 
brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto  me  {Matt.  xxv:34-4o). 

JUDGE  not,  that  ye  be  not  judged.  For  with  what 
judgment  j^e  judge,  ye  shall  be  judged:  and  with 
what  measure  ye  mete,  it  shall  be  measured  to  you 
again.  And  why  beholdest  thou  the  mote  that  is  in 
thy  brother's  eye,  but  considerest  not  the  beam  that 
is  in  thine  own  eye?  Or  how  wilt  thou  say  to  thy 
brother,  Let  me  pull  out  the  mote  out  of  thine  eye; 
and  behold,  a  beam  is  in  thine  own  eye?  Thou  hypo- 
crite, first  cast  out  the  beam  out  of  thine  own  eye ;  and 
then  shalt  thou  see  clearly  to  cast  out  the  mote  out  of 
thy  brother's  eye  {Matt.  vii:i-5). 

OTHOU  that  hearest  prayer,  unto  thee  shall  all 
flesh  come. 

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MARK  this:  he  who  sows  sparingly  will  reap 
sparingly,  and  he  who  sows  generously  will 
reap  a  generous  harvest.  Everyone  is  to  give  what  he 
has  made  up  his  mind  to  give;  there  is  to  be  no  grudg- 
ing or  compulsion  about  it,  for  God  loves  the  giver  who 
gives  cheerfully.  God  is  able  to  bless  you  with  ample 
means,  so  that  you  may  always  have  quite  enough  for 
any  emergency  of  your  own  and  ample  besides  for 
any  kind  act  to  others.     (2  Cor.  ix:6-8.) 

HE  who  furnishes  the  sower  with  seed  and  with 
bread  to  eat  will  supply  seed  for  you  and  mul- 
tiply it;  he  will  increase  the  crop  of  your  charities — 
you  will  be  enriched  on  all  hands,  so  that  you  can  be 
generous  on  all  occasions,  and  your  generosity,  of 
which  I  am  the  agent,  which  will  make  men  give 
thanks  to  God;  for  the  service  rendered  by  this  fund 
does  more  than  supply  the  wants  of  tlie  saints,  it  over- 
flows with  many  a  cry  of  thanks  to  God.  This  service 
shows  what  you  are,  it  makes  men  praise  God  for  the 
way  you  have  come  under  the  gospel  of  Christ  which 
you  confess,  and  for  the  generosity  of  your  contribu- 
tions to  themselves  and  to  all;  they  are  drawn  to  you 
and  pray  for  you,  on  account  of  the  surpassing  grace 
with  God  has  shown  to  you.  Thanks  be  to  God,  for 
his  unspeakable  gift!     (2  Cor.  ix:  10-15.) 

COME  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest.  Take  my  yoke 
upon  you  and  learn  of  me:  for  I  am  meek  and  lowly 
in  heart:  and  ye  shall  find  rest  unto  your  souls.     For 

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my  yoke  is  easy,  and  my  burden  is  light  {Matt,  xi: 
28-30).  All  that  the  Father  giveth  me  shall  come 
to  me:  and  him  that  cometh  to  me  I  will  in  no  wise 
cast  out.  And  this  is  the  will  of  Him  that  sent  me, 
that  every  one  which  seeth  the  Son,  and  believeth  on 
Him,  may  have  everlasting  life:  and  I  will  raise  him 
up  at  the  last  day  {John  vi:37,  40). 

LET  not  your  heart  be  troubled:  ye  believe  in 
God,  believe  also  in  me.  In  my  Father's  house 
are  many  mansions:  if  it  were  not  so  I  would  have  told 
you.  I  go  to  prepare  a  place  for  you.  And  if  I  go 
and  prepare  a  place  for  you,  I  will  come  again,  and 
receive  you  unto  myself:  that  where  I  am,  there  ye 
may  be  also.  H  ye  love  me,  keep  my  commandments. 
...  I  will  pray  the  Father,  and  He  shall  give  you 
another  Comforter,  that  He  may  abide  with  you  for 
ever ;  even  the  Spirit  of  truth ;  whom  the  world  cannot 
receive,  because  it  seeth  Him  not,  neither  knoweth 
Him:  but  ye  know  Him,  for  He  dwelleth  with  you, 
and  shall  be  in  you.  .  .  .  These  things  have  I  spoken 
unto  you,  being  yet  present  with  you.  But  the  Com- 
forter, which  is  the  Holy  Ghost,  whom  the  Father 
will  send  in  my  name,  He  shall  teach  you  all  things, 
and  bring  all  things  to  your  remembrance,  whatsoever 
I  have  said  unto  you.  Peace  I  leave  with  you,  my 
peace  I  give  unto  you:  not  as  the  world  giveth,  give  I 
unto  you.  Let  not  your  heart  be  troubled  neither  let 
it  be  afraid  {John  xiv:i-3,  15-17,  25-27).  When  the 
Comforter  is  come,  whom  I  will  send  unto  you  from 
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the  Father,  even  the  Spirit  of  truth,  which  proceedeth 
from  the  Father,  He  shall  testify  of  me.  ...  He  will 
guide  you  into  all  truth:  for  He  shall  not  speak  of 
himself;  but  whatsoever  He  shall  hear,  that  shall  He 
speak:  and  He  will  show  you  things  to  come.  He 
shall  glorify  me:  for  He  shall  receive  of  mine,  and 
shall  show  it  unto  you.  All  things  that  the  Father 
hath  are  mine:  therefore  said  I,  that  He  shall  take  of 
mine,  and  shall  show  it  unto  you  {John  xv:26;  xvi:i3- 
15). 

THERE  is  that  maketh  himself  rich  yet  hath  noth- 
ing; there  is  that  maketh  himself  poor  yet  hath 
great  wealth.  He  that  loveth  silver  shall  not  be  satis- 
fied with  silver,  and  he  that  loveth  abundance,  with 
increase.  .  Consider  your  ways.  Ye  have  sown  much 
and  bring  in  little ;  yt  eat  and  have  not  enough ;  ye 
clothe  j^ou,  but  there  is  none  warm;  and  he  that  earn- 
eth  wages  earneth  wages  to  put  into  a  bag  with  holes. 
Wherefore  do  ye  spend  money  for  that  which  is  not 
bread,  and  your  labor  for  that  which  satisfieth  not? 
He  that  misseth  God  wrongeth  his  own  soul.  Seek  ye 
first  his  kingdom  and  his  righteousness,  and  all  these 
things  will  be  added  unto  you.  He  will  open  upon  you 
the  windows  of  heaven  and  pour  out  blessing  so  that 
there  shall  not  be  room  enough  to  receive  it.  {Prov. 
xiii:7,  Ec.  v:io.  Hag.  i:6,  ha.  lv:2,  Prov.  viii:36, 
Matt,  vi:33,  Mai.  iii:io.) 


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I     ^T^HE  Day-Spring  from  on  high  hath  visited  us,  to 
A     give  light  to   them  that  sit  in  darkness  and   in 
'      the  shadow  of  death,  to  guide  our  feet  into  the  way  of 
peace    {Luke  i:78,   79).     In   Him  was  life,   and   the 
life  was  the  light  of   men.  .  .  .  That  was  the  true 
Light,  w^hich  lighteth  every  man  that  cometh  into  the 
world  {John  i:4,  9).   I  am  come  a  light  into  the  world, 
that  no  one  who  believes  in  me  may  remain  in  the  dark- 
ness.     {John    xii:46).      For   God,    who   said   out    of 
I     darkness  let  light  shine,  is  he  who  has  shone  in  our 
^     hearts,    to  give  us  light  of   the   knowledge  of   God's 
i     glory,  which  is  radiant  on  the  face  of  Christ.     (2  Cor. 
I    iv:6). 

WHEN  I  fall,  I  shall  arise;  when  I  sit  in  dark- 
ness, the  Lord  shall  be  a  light  unto  me.     He 
I    will  bring  me  forth  to  the  light,  and  I  shall  behold 
his  righteousness  {Micah  vii:8,  9). 

BE  strong  and  of  good  courage,  fear  not,  nor  be 
affrighted  at  them,  for  Jehovah  thy  God,  He  it 
is  that  doth  go  with  thee;  He  will  not  fail  thee  nor 
forsake  thee.  And  Moses  called  Joshua,  and  said 
unto  him.  Be  strong  and  of  good  courage:  for  thou 
shalt  go  with  this  people  into  the  land  which  Jehovah 
hath  sworn  unto  their  fathers  to  give  them;  and  thou 
shalt  cause  them  to  inherit  it.  And  Jehovah,  He  it  is 
that  doth  go  before  thee;  He  will  be  with  thee.  He  will 
not  fail  thee,  neither  forsake  thee;  fear  not,  neither  be 
dismayed  {Deut.  xxxi:6-8). 
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THE  merciful  goodness  of  the  Lord  endureth  for 
ever  and  ever  upon  them  that  fear  Him  and 
his  righteousness  upon  children's  children,  even  upon 
such  as  keep  his  covenant,  and  think  upon  his  com- 
mandments to  do  them  (Ps.  ciiiiiy,  i8).  The  Lord 
is  slow  to  anger,  and  great  in  power,  and  will  not  at 
all  acquit  the  wicked.  .  .  .  The  Lord  is  good,  a 
stronghold  in  the  day  of  trouble;  and  He  knoweth 
them  that  trust  in  Him  {Nahum  1:3,  7). 

HE  that  is  slow  to  anger  is  better  than  the  mighty; 
and  he  that  ruleth  his  spirit  than  he  that  taketh 
a  city  {Prov.  xvi:32).  The  discretion  of  a  man  de- 
ferreth  his  anger:  and  it  is  his  glory  to  pass  over  a 
transgression  {Prov.  xix:ii).  He  that  hath  no  rule 
over  his  own  spirit  is  like  a  city  that  is  broken  down, 
and  without  walls  {Prov.  xxv:28). 

IF  3^ou  bear  the  name  of  [Christian],  priding  your- 
self on  understanding  God's  will,  and  with  a  sense 
of  what  is  vital  in  religion;  if  you  are  persuaded  you 
are  a  light  to  darkened  souls,  a  tutor  for  the  foolish, — 
well  then,  do  you  ever  teach  yourself,  you  teacher  of 
other  people?  You  preach  against  stealing;  do  you 
steal  ?  You  pride  yourself  on  keeping  the  law ;  do  you 
dishonor  God  by  breaches  of  the  law? 

He  is  no  [Christian]  who  is  merely  a  Christian  out- 
wardly. [The  Sacrament]  is  a  matter  of  the  heart, 
spiritual  not  literal,  praised  not  by  man,  but  by  God. 
{Ro7n.  ii  117-29  Adapted.) 

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OUR  talents  differ  with  the  gift  that  is  given  us; 
...  if  the  talent  is  practical  service,  let  us  mind 
our  service;  the  teacher  must  mind  his  teaching;  the 
speaker,  his  words  of  counsel ;  the  contributor  must  be 
liberal ;  the  superintendent  must  be  in  earnest ;  the  sick- 
visitor  must  be  cheerful.  Let  your  love  be  without 
insincerity,  with  a  loathing  for  evil,  and  a  bent  for 
what  is  good.  Put  affection  into  love  for  the  brother- 
hood; be  alert  to  honor  one  another;  your  zeal,  never 
let  flag;  keep  alive  your  spiritual  fervor;  serve  the 
Lord;  let  your  hope  be  a  joy  to  you;  be  steadfast  in 
trouble;  devote  yourselves  to  prayer,  make  a  practice 
of  hospitality.  .  .  .  Cultivate  the  spirit  of  harmony. 
Instead  of  being  ambitious,  associate  with  humble  folk. 
Be  not  wise  in  your  own  conceit.  Render  not  evil 
for  evil.  .  .  .  Let  not  evil  get  the  better  of  you;  get 
the  better  of  evil  by  doing  good.      (Rom.  xii:6-2i.) 

WHY  art  thou  cast  down,  O  my  soul,  and  why 
art  thou  disquieted  within  me?  He  that  keep- 
eth  thy  soul,  doth  he  not  know  ?  In  returning  and  rest 
shall  ye  be  saved;  in  quietness  and  confidence  shall  be 
your  strength.  He  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste. 
His  soul  shall  dwell  at  ease.  By  faith  in  his  spirit 
hath  his  spirit  made  this  man  strong — yea,  hath  given 
him  this  perfect  soundness.  The  work  of  righteous- 
ness shall  be  peace:  and  the  effect  of  righteousness, 
quietness  and  confidence  forever.  (Ps.  xlii;  Prov. 
xxiv:i2;  Isa.  xxx:i5;  Isa.  xxviii:i6;  Ps.  xxv:i3;  Acts 
iii:i6;  Isa.  xxxiiiiy.) 

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HAST  thou  not  known?  hast  thou  not  heard  the 
everlasting  God,  the  Lord,  the  Creator  of  the 
ends  of  the  earth,  fainteth  not,  neither  is  weary?  there 
is  no  searching  of  his  understanding.  He  giveth  power 
to  the  faint;  and  to  them  that  have  no  might  He  in- 
creaseth  strength.  Even  the  youths  shall  faint  and  be 
weary,  and  the  young  men  shall  utterly  fall:  but  they 
that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their  strength  ; 
they  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as  eagles;  they  shall 
run,  and  not  be  weary;  and  they  shall  walk,  and  not 
faint    {Isa.  xl:28-3i). 

FOR  as  the  rain  cometh  down,  and  the  snow  from 
heaven,  and  returneth  not  thither,  but  watereth 
the  earth,  and  maketh  it  bring  forth  and  bud,  that  it 
may  give  seed  to  the  sower,  and  bread  to  the  eater; 
so  shall  my  word  be  that  goeth  forth  out  of  my 
mouth:  it  shall  not  return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall 
accomplish  that  which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper 
in  the  thing  whereto  I  sent  it.  For  ye  shall  go  out 
with  joy  and  be  led  forth  with  peace:  the  mountains 
and  the  hills  shall  break  forth  before  you  into  singing, 
and  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall  clap  their  hands. 
Instead  of  the  thorn  shall  come  up  the  fir  tree,  and  in- 
stead of  the  brier  shall  come  up  the  myrtle  tree:  and 
it  sh^ll  be  to  the  Lord  for  a  name,  for  an  everlasting 
sign  that  shall  not  be  cut  off  {Isa.  Iv:  10-13). 


85 


THE  Lord  himself  is  the  portion  of  mine  inheri- 
tance, and  of  my  cup ;  Thou  shalt  maintain  my 
lot.  The  lot  is  fallen  unto  me  in  a  fair  ground ;  yea,  I 
have  a  goodly  heritage.  I  will  thank  the  Lord  for 
giving  me  warning.  .  .  .  Thou  shalt  show  me  the 
path  of  life;  in  thy  presence  is  the  fulness  of  joy, 
and  at  thy  right  hand  there  is  pleasure  for  evermore 
{Ps.  xvi:6,  7,  12). 

THE  stranger  that  sojourneth  with  you  shall  be 
unto  you  as  the  home-born  among  you,  and  thou 
shalt  love  him  as  thj'self ;  for  ye  were  strangers  in  the 
land  of  Egypt  {Lev.  xix:33,  34).  When  thou  reapest 
thine  harvest  in  thy  field,  and  has  forgot  a  sheaf  in  the 
field,  thou  shalt  not  go  again  to  fetch  it :  it  shall  be  for 
the  stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  for  the  widow; 
that  the  Lord  thy  God  may  bless  thee  in  all  the  work 
of  thy  hands  {Deut.  xxiviig). 

And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  go  with  us,  yea,  it  shall  be, 
that  what  good  soever  the  Lord  shall  do  unto  us, 
the  same  will  we  do  unto  thee  {Num.  x:32). 

Moreover  concerning  the  foreigner,  that  is  not  of 
thy  people  Israel,  when  he  shall  come  from  a  far 
country  for  thy  great  name's  sake,  and  thy  mighty 
hand,  and  thine  outstretched  arm;  when  they  shall 
come  and  pray  toward  this  house;  then  hear  thou 
from  heaven,  even  from  thy  dwelling  place,  and  do 
according  to  all  that  the  foreigner  calleth  to  thee  for; 
that  all  the  peoples  of  the  earth  may  know  thy  name, 
and  fear  thee,  as  doth  thy  people  Israel,  and  that  they 
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may  know  that  this  house  which  I  have  built  is  called 
by  thy  name   (2  Chron,  vi:32,  33). 

O  ISRAEL,  fear  not;  for  I  have  redeemed  thee,  I 
have  called  thee  by  thy  name;  thou  art  mine. 
When  thou  passest  through  the  waters,  I  will  be  with 
thee;  and  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  overflow 
thee:  when  thou  walkest  through  the  fire,  thou  shalt 
not  be  burned;  neither  shall  the  flame  kindle  upon 
thee.  For  I  am  the  Lord,  thy  God,  the  Holy  One 
of  Israel,  thy  Saviour.  I,  even  I,  am  He  that  blotteth 
out  thy  transgressions  for  mine  own  sake,  and  will 
not  remember  thy  sins  {Isa.  xliii:i-3,  25).  For  the 
mountains  shall  depart,  and  the  hills  be  removed;  but 
my  kindness  shall  not  depart  from  thee,  neither  shall 
the  covenant  of  my  peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord 
that  hath  mercy  on  thee  (Isa.  liv:io).  They  that  put 
their  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be  even  as  Mount  Zion, 
which  may  not  be  removed,  but  standeth  fast  forever. 
The  hills  stand  about  Jerusalem:  even  so  standeth 
the  Lord  round  about  his  people,  from  this  time  forth 
for  evermore   {Ps.  cxxv:i,  2). 

THERE  is  sprung  up  a  light  for  the  righteous,  and 
joyful  gladness  for  such  as  are  true-hearted  {Ps. 
xcvii:ii).  O  hold  Thou  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths, 
that  my  footsteps  slip  not.  As  for  me,  I  will  behold 
thy  presence  in  righteousness;  and  when  I  awake  up 
after  thy  likeness,  I  shall  be  satisfied  with  it  {Ps.  xvii: 
5,  15).    Lead  me,  O  Lord,  in  thy  righteousness;  make 

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thy  way  plain  before  my  face  (Ps.  v:8).  I  will 
inform  thee,  and  teach  thee  in  the  way  wherein  thou 
shalt  go:  and  I  will  guide  thee  with  mine  eye  (Ps. 
xxxii:8).  I  will  bring  the  blind  by  a  way  that  they 
knew  not ;  I  will  lead  them  in  paths  that  they  have  not 
known:  I  will  make  darkness  light  before  them,  and 
crooked  things  straight.  These  things  will  I  do  unto 
them,  and  not  forsake  them  (Isa.  xlii:i6).  Thine 
eyes  shall  see  the  King  in  his  beauty ;  they  shall  behold 
the  land  that  is  very  far  off  [Isa.  xxxiii:i7).  The 
Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation;  whom  then  shall 
I  fear?  The  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my  life:  of  whom 
then  shall  I  be  afraid?  .  .  .  One  thing  have  I  de- 
sired of  the  Lord,  which  I  will  require,  even  that  I 
may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord  all  the  days  of  my 
life,  to  behold  the  fair  beauty  of  the  Lord,  and  to  visit 
his  temple.  For  in  the  time  of  trouble  He  shall  hide 
me  in  his  tabernacle;  yea,  in  the  secret  place  of  his 
dwelling  shall  He  hide  me,  and  set  me  up  upon  a  rock 
of  stone.  .  .  .  O  hide  not  Thou  thy  face  from  me,  nor 
cast  thy  servant  away  in  displeasure.  Thou  hast  been 
my  succor :  leave  me  not,  neither  forsake  me,  O  God  of 
my  salvation.  .  .  .  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  Lord,  and 
lead  me  in  the  right  way.  ...  I  should  utterly  have 
fainted,  but  that  I  believe  verily  to  see  the  goodness 
of  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living  (Ps.  xxvii:i,  4, 
5,  9,   II,   13). 

Y  soul,  wait  thou  in  silence  for  God  only  (Ps. 
lxii:5). 

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M 


IN  all  thy  ways  acknowledge  Him,  and  He  shall 
direct  thy  paths  (Prov.  iii:6).  Though  He  slay 
me,  yet  will  I  trust  in  Him  (Job  xiii:i5).  Behold, 
God  is  my  salvation;  I  will  trust,  and  not  be  afraid: 
for  the  Lord  Jehovah  is  my  strength  and  my  song; 
He  also  is  become  my  salvation.  Sing  unto  the  Lord; 
for  He  hath  done  excellent  things:  this  is  known  in  all 
the  earth  (Isa.  xii:2,  5).  The  Lord  liveth;  and 
blessed  be  my  strong  helper,  and  praised  be  the  God 
of  my  salvation  {Ps.  xviii:46). 


w 


HERE    there   is   no   vision,   the   people   perish 
{Prov,  xxix:i8). 


KEEP  thy  heart  above  all  that  thou  guardest,  for 
out  of  it  are  the  issues  of  life  {Prov.  iv:23). 


I 
w 


AM  come  that  they  may  have  life,  and  may  have  it 
abundantly  {John  x:io). 


E  are  a  colony  of  Heaven  {Phil.  iii:2o), 


SET  your  hearts  on  the  higher  talents.     And  yet  I 
will  go  on  to  shew  you  a  still  higher  path  ( i  Cor. 
xii'.si). 

I  KNOW,  O  Lord,  that  thy  judgments  are  right, 
and   that  Thou  of  very  faithfulness  hast   caused 
me  to  be  troubled  {Ps.  cxix:75). 

89 


HE  knoweth  the  way  that  I  take;  when  He  hath 
tried  me,  I  shall  come  forth  as  gold  {Job  xxlii: 
10). 

Now  no  chastening  for  the  present  seemeth  to  be 
joyous,  but  grievous:  nevertheless  afterward  it 
yieldeth  the  peaceable  fruit  of  righteousness  unto  them 
which  are  exercised  thereby.  {Heb.  xiiiii.)  Ac- 
quaint now  thyself  with  Him,  and  be  at  peace:  thereby 
good  shall  come  unto  thee.  Receive,  I  pray  thee,  the 
law  from  his  mouth,  and  lay  up  his  words  in  thy 
heart.  .  .  .  Then  shalt  thou  have  thy  delight  in  the 
Almighty,  and  shalt  lift  up  thy  face  unto  God.  Thou 
shalt  make  thy  prayer  unto  Him,  and  He  shall  hear 
thee,  and  Thou  shalt  pay  thy  vows  {Job  xxii:2i,  22, 
26,  27). 

BUT  from  thence  ye  shall  seek  Jehovah  thy  God, 
and  thou  shalt  find  him,  when  thou  searchest 
after  Him,  with  all  thy  heart  and  with  all  thy  soul. 
When  thou  art  in  tribulation,  and  all  these  things  are 
come  upon  thee,  in  the  latter  days  thou  shalt  return 
to  Jehovah  thy  God,  and  hearken  unto  his  voice:  for 
Jehovah  thy  God  is  a  merciful  God:  He  will  not  fail 
thee,  neither  destroy  thee,  nor  forget  the  covenant  of 
thv  fathers  which  he  swore  unto  them  (Deut.  iv:29- 
31'). 


B 


EHOLD,  it  w^as  for  my  peace  that  I  had  great 
bitterness  {Isa.  xxxix:i7). 

90 


THOU  wilt  keep  him  in  perfect  peace,  whose  mind 
is  stayed  on  Thee:  because  he  trusteth  in  Thee. 
Trust  ye  in  the  Lord  forever,  for  in  the  Lord  Jehovah 
•.s  everlasting  strength  (Isa.  xxvi:3,  4).  Blessed  is  the 
man  that  trusteth  in  the  Lord,  and  whose  hope  the 
Lord  is.  For  he  shall  be  as  a  tree  planted  by  the 
waters  that  spreadeth  out  her  roots  by  the  river,  and 
shall  not  see  when  heat  cometh,  but  her  leaf  shall 
be  green;  and  shall  not  be  careful  in  the  year  of 
drought,  neither  shall  cease  from  yielding  fruit  {Jer. 
xvii:7,  8). 

WHO  is  he  that  saith,  and  it  cometh  to  pass,  when 
the  Lord  commandeth  it  not?  Let  us  search 
and  try  our  ways,  and  turn  again  to  the  Lord.  Let  us 
lift  up  our  heart  with  our  hands  unto  God  in  the 
beavens  {Lam.  iii:37,  40,  41). 

rHUS  saith  the  Lord  God ;  Behold,  I,  even  I,  will 
both  search  my  sheep,  and  seek  them  out.  As 
a  shepherd  seeketh  out  his  flock  in  the  day  that  he  is 
among  his  sheep  that  are  scattered;  so  will  I  seek  out 
my  sheep,  and  will  deliver  them  out  of  all  places  where 
they  have  been  scattered  in  the  cloudy  and  dark  day. 
And  I  wnll  bring  them  out  from  the  people,  and  gather 
them  from  the  countries,  and  will  bring  them  to  their 
own  land.  I  will  feed  them  in  a  good  pasture,  and 
upon  the  high  mountains  of  Israel  shall  their  fold  be. 
I  will  seek  that  which  was  lost,  and  bring  again  that 
which  was  driven  away,  and  will  bind  up  that  which 
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was  broken,  and  will  strengthen  that  which  was  sick 
{Ezek.  xxxiv:ii-i4,  i6). 

I  WILL  sing  unto  the  Lord  as  long  as  I  live;  I 
will  praise  my  God  while  I  have  my  being.  And 
so  shall  my  words  please  Him:  my  joy  shall  be  in  the 
Lord  {Ps.  civ:33,  34). 

THEN  he  said  unto  them:  Go  your  way,  eat  the 
fat,  and  drink  the  sweet,  and  send  portions  unto 
him  for  whom  nothing  is  prepared ;  for  this  day  is  holy 
unto  our  Lord :  neither  be  ye  grieved ;  for  the  joy  of  the 
Lord  is  your  strength.  .  .  .  Hold  your  peace,  for  the 
day  is  holy;  .  .  .  And  all  the  people  went  their  way 
to  eat,  and  to  drink,  and  to  send  portions,  and  to  make 
great  mirth,  because  they  had  understood  the  words 
that  were  declared  unto  them  {Neh.  viii:io-i2). 

EXALT  Him:  put  forth  all  your  strength; 
Ye  can  never  go  far  enough; 
Even  yet  He  will  exceed. 
Though  we  speak  much, 
We  come  short: 
Wherefore,  in  sum, 
He  is  AIL* 

*  {.Ecclesiasticus  xliii:27,  30. 


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INDEX 

By 

Subject 

Absence 152,  17S  -^.f,  352,  492,  67,  73" 

Benedictions.  i2,  5^,  I2i-  2,  29^,  30^,  392,  542,  581,  71I,  73^  3, 4.  b.  b^ 

;7^1,  2,  3,  4,  6,  6^ 

Bereavement.  .sS  122,  152,  if,  22,  23,  29^,  41I,  42",  56,  57^'  2. 3, 

S8S  72. 

Campaigns 12^  13,36,  37I'  2. 3,  381.  « 

Christmas 6i2,  62,  63. 

Committees  and  Meetings.  .  i^-  2. 3,  22. 3. 6,  31.  \  4I.  \  ^\  &.  \ 

f'  2.  3^  8,  93,  I02-  3,  III,  j2l,  2.  3.  4^  13^  14I.  2.  3^  1^2^  ^(,1,  2.  3^ 
172,  181-  2,  19I,  20l'  2,  22,  23,  241-  2,  25!,  261-  2.  8,  272,  28S 
29I,   2^  3^    30I.2,    311,2,   322,    352,    36,    37I.    2.3^    382,    392,    41I, 

44^.2,  52^.2,  6iS  64I. 
Conventions  and  Conferences.  .22,  4I,  6^  'f'  2-  3,  8,  9^-  2,  lo^ 
III-  2^  122. 3^  J4I.  2, 3^  151. 2, 3^  i62. 3^  i82^  2oi-  2,  22,  23,  24I, 

2SS   26I-  2.  3,  282,  29I.  2,  3^   30I.  3,   31I,  352^  373^  41I,  442^  492^ 

522,  61 S  64s  72. 

Dedications 22,  23,  39s  41^ 

Easter 6o^  6i^ 

Education i2,  2^  62,  I2^  26^,  282,  29^ 

Fellowship. .  .2S  51-  3,  61'  2. 3,  71. 2^  8,  iiS  13,  141-  \  i62. 3,  iS^, 

26S  272,  352,  36,  4iS  442,  522,  6iS  64I. 

Graces i2,  2^  iz\  392,  542. 3,  55I.  2. 3. 4, 5^  ^^i-w  732, 3. 4. 

Industry.  .2S  7^,  8,  12*,  13,  i63,  17I,  19I,  202,  22,  23,  262,  302, 

31^  32^  33,40^.  44S  522. 
International 5^  G-  2,  i8S  34,  35S  42i'2,  43I,  442,  45I,  492,  50. 

Marriages 54^'  ^« 

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Morning  Worship.  .  i^  2. 3,  2I  .2. 3-  S  3I,  4I.  2,  5I.  3^  61.  \  f'  2. ', 

91.2,3^  IOI.2.3,  III.  2^  121.2^  13,    14I,   2   15I.   2^    161.  2,   3^    i82, 
192,    20S    2l2,    22,    23,    24l'2,    251-2,  261'  2.  3,  272,  292-  3,  302.  3, 

31^35',  36,  37'' S  641,702,  71I. 

National 4oi-  2. 3,  42I.  2,  432,  44I,  45I,  491,  652. 

New  Year 2*,  43,  71,  452,  471,  582,  59,  6oi-  \ 

Rejoicing 12,  2 s,  4',  72,  8,  loS  \&,  37^,  452,  47I-  2,  48. 

Students,  .ii'  2. 3,  2i'  2. 4,  5^  3I,  2^  4I,  2, 3^  52, 3^  61, 2. 3^  7I.  2. 4^  g, 

92-3,    Io2.  3,    III,  2^    123^    13,    142^    151,2^    l61'2.  3,    172,    i82,    192, 
20I,  222,  23,  241,  25I'  2,  261-  2.  3,  272,  282,  29I.  2.  3^  30I.  2^  312, 

35^  36,  37S  4iS  44'-,  45^  52^  6iS  64I,  6sS  66,  67,  68,  69S 

692,  7oi' 2,  711.2,72. 
Sunday.,  ii,  22,  3I,  41- 2. 3,  ^2^  51.2^  72,4^  iqI.  2. 3,  ii2,  13,  151,3^ 
21I,  22,  23,  293,  30I,  352,  442,  45I,  46I'  2,  47I,  522,  61I,  64I, 

651-  2,  (i6,  67,  68,  691-  2,  702,  71I.  2,  72. 

Thanksgiving i2,  43,  452,  451,  47I,  582,  732. 

Vacation 452,  461.  \  471.  \  48,  49I.  \  50,  siL  2,  52I.  \  53. 


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INDEX 

By 

First  Lines 

All  creatures,  O  Lord,  wait  upon  Thee 47 

Almighty  and  Eternal  God,  who  fillest  all  space 3 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  all  mercies 4 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  maker  of  all 

things 69 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  of  whom  the 

whole  family 6 

Almighty  God,  fountain  of  all  wisdom,  who  knowest 69 

Almighty  God,  our  Father,  the  Christmas  bells 62 

Almighty  God,  unto  whom  all  hearts  are  open 3 

Almighty  God,  who  has  given  us  grace  at  this  time 2 

And  now  as  we  go  forth 74 

As  we  look  across  the  vast  field  of  our  work 32 

VJear  Lord  and  Father  of  Mankind,  bless  this  building 41 

Dear  Lord,  we  do  here  vow  and  promise  to  do 10 

Defend  us,  0  Lord,  with  Thy  heavenly  grace 4 

Deliver  and  cleanse  us.  Saviour  divine 22 

Direct,  O  Lord,  the  work  of  education 29 

Eternal  God,  our  Father,  we  thank  Thee  that  Thou  hast 

made  us  the 71 

Eternal  God,  we  bow  before  Thee  as  the  children  of  grace. ,  59 

Eternal  God,  we  pray  that  our  memories  be  eager  to  recall.  .  58 

Eternal  God,  who  committest  to  us  the  swift  and  solemn  trust  7 

Father  of  all,  God,  all  we  have  is  of  Thee I 

Father  of  Light,  by  whose  hands  the  fires  of  the  sun 46 

For  sheer  delight  in  living  we  praise  Thee 45 

95 


Giver  of  all  gladness,  freely  we  have  received,  freely  we  would  54 
Give  to  us,  every  one,  the  "preparedness  of  the  Gospel  of 

peace" 13 

Give  us  grace,  0  Lord,  to  work  while  it  is  day 30 

Give  us  this  day  a  collected  mind  and  a  tender 24 

God  of  hope,  fill  us  with  thine  own  Spirit  of  hopefulness.  ...  37 
God  the  Father,  God  the  Son,  God  the  Holy  Ghost,  bless, 

preserve 54 

Good  Lord,  deliver  us  from  envy,  hatred,  and  malice 14 

Gracious  God,  remember  us  in  our  work 9 

Gracious  Father,  wilt  Thou  guard  us  by  thy  Holy  Spirit.  ...  61 

Grant,  O  Lord,  that  all  whom  Thou  dost  choose  to  work.  .  .  19 

Grant  that  no  word  may  fall  from  me  against 2 

Grant  Thy  grace  to  Thy  servants  whose  lives  are  being  united  54 

Grant  to  us,  Lord,  we  beseech  Thee,  the  Spirit  to  think.  ...  i 

Grant  to  us,  our  Father,  to  go  down  into  the  battle  of  life.  .  25 

Here,  by  the  sea,  this  day,  the  strength  of  God  pilot  us 51 

In  this  hour  of  this  day,  fill  us,  0  Lord,  with  Thy  mercy 10 

Jesus,  who  didst  touch  the  leper 70 

Let  the  earth  and  the  water,  the  air  and  the  fruits  of  my 

country 49 

Let  the  tender  compassion  of  our  God 30 

Let  the  words  of  our  mouths  and  the  meditations 29 

Lord,  these  things  we  would  do;   Succeed 7 

Let  Thy  Spirit,  O  Lord,  rest  upon  Thy  congregation 68 

Lord,  be  glad  of  us  (and  other  Graces) 56 

Lord  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing 74 

Lord,  if  it  be  Thy  will.  Thou  wilt  let  this  come  to  pass 37 

Lord  of  Hosts,  help  us  to  do  our  small  part  toward 40 

Lord,  we  give  ourselves  ^to  Thee — we  trust  Thee  wholly 14 

Lord,  we  have  often,  as  the  sun  dipped  to  the  edge  of  the 

world 52 

Make  us  of  quick  and  tender  conscience,  0  Lord 4 

May  an  influence  for  good  reach  every  dweller  in  this  house.  9 

96 


May  He  who  is  the  same  yesterday 74 

May  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  Himself 74 

May  the  blessing  of  God  be  with  us  all,  that  whatsoever 12 

May  the  Grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God  39 

May  the  God  in  whom  you  hope 74 

May  the  great  Head  of  the  Church  so  enrich 12 

May  we  be  still,  and  know  that  Thou  art  God 30 

May  we,  our  Father,  think  of  the  dead  as  possessing 56 

Most  merciful  Father,  we  thank  Thee  that  Thou  dost  call.. .  66 

Now  may  He  that  is  able  to  keep  you  safe 74 

Now  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again  from  the  dead. . .  58 

Now  unto  him  that  is  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly 73 

O  Almighty  and  Everlasting  God,  grant  that  neither  through 

arrogance 44 

O  Almighty  God,  give  to  Thy  servants  meek  and  gentle  spirits  2 

O  Christ,  in  Thy  presence,  in  Thy  Spirit,  we  take  bread.  ...  55 

O  Eternal  Father,  strong  to  save,  cleanse  us 60 

O  Father  of  a  Son  who  was  a  lover  of  little  boats 50 

O  Father  of  light  and  God  of  all  truth,  purge  the  whole  world  42 

O  Father  of  love,  look  down  upon  the  womanhood 28 

0  God,  author  of  the  world's  joy,  bearer  of  the  world's  pain  2 

O  God,  day  by  day  lead  us  deeper  into  the  mystery  of  life .  .  20 

O  God,  Inspirer  and  Teacher  of  men 12 

O  God,  light  of  the  hearts  that  see  Thee 15 

O  God  of  unchangeable  power  and  Eternal  light 21 

O  God,  the  Creator,  and  Preserver  of  all  mankind 45 

O  God,  the  Father  of  all  Mankind,  we  pray  for  all  the  nations  40 

0  God,  the  Father  of  the  forsaken,  the  help  of  the  weak 17 

O  God,  the  Sovereign  Good  of  the  Soul 16 

O  God,  the  strength  of  the  weak,  the  Refuge  of 17 

O  God,  we  praise  Thy  holy  name,  for  Thou  hast  brought  us 

from 37 

O  God,  we  pray  Thee  for  our  sisters 31 

O  God,  we  thank  Thee  for  this  universe,  our  great  home 47 

O  God,  who  art  Love,  grant  to  Thy  children  to  bear  one 

another's 5 

97 


O  God  who  hast  made  of  one  blood  all  nations 43 

O  God,  who  hast  given  us  the  great  gift  of  Life 64 

O  God,  who  hast  promised  to  be  an  everlasting  presence. ...  52 

0  God,  who  knowest  that  we  are  not  sufficient  of  ourselves  .  7 
O  God,  who  of  Thy  compassion  and  tenderness  toward  the 

human  race 63 

O  God,  whose  nature  and  property  it  is  ever  to  have  mercy.  16 

O  gracious  Lord,  who  at  this  time  didst  raise  Thy  Son 60 

O  great  Lord  of  all  the  earth,  Thou  hast  taught 26 

O  Lord,  let  us  not  live  to  be  useless 2 

O  Lord,  our  Saviour,  who  hast  warned  us 17 

O  Lord,  relieve  the  wants  of  others 73 

O  Lord,  teach  us  to  sacrifice  our  comforts 6 

O  Lord,  we  beseech  Thee  that  Thy  people  may  grow  ever  in 

love 5 

0  living  Lord,  able  and  willing  to  help. 38 

O  Master-builder,  in  this  great  city  of  thine 12 

O  Master  of  life  and  God  of  our  salvation 64 

O  Master  of  Men,  set  our  hearts  on  fire 6 

O  most  loving  Jesus,  pattern  of  charity,  who  makest  all  the  5 
O  most  merciful  Father,  who  hast  blessed  the  labors  of  hus- 
bandmen   58 

O  my  dear  Master,  give  me  a  deeper  love  for  the  minds.  ...  26 

On  this  day  of  our  Lord  and  in  his  sight  I  affirm 65 

O  our  Father,  as  we  meet  to  decide 31 

O  our  Father,  Thou  knowest  Thy  children  better 20 

O  Thou  great  Champion  of  the  outcast  and  the  weak 35 

O  Thou  Eternal,  in  whose  appointment  our  life  standeth.  .  .  24 
O  Thou  Holy  One,  forgive,  we  pray  Thee,  our  sins  against  the 

Spirit 40 

O  Thou  who  art  able  to  do  exceeding  abundantly .  9 

O  Thou  who  art  ever  the  same,  grant  us  to  pass  ....  coming 

year 60 

Oh  Thou  who  art  no  respecter  of  persons .  27 

O  Thou  who  flingest  cloud  shadows  over  lonely  blue  summits  48 

O  Thou  whose  eye  is  over  all  the  children  of  men 42 

Our  constant  appeal  to  Thee,  our  King 10 

Our  Father,  as  we  come  to  the  parting 72 


Our  Father  God,  we  thank  Thee 49 

Our  Father,  may  we  step  out  of  self-life,  into  Christ-life.  ...  21 

Our  food  and  our  comforts  come  so  regularly 55 

Our  gracious  Father,  we  bless  Thee  for  our  communion 65 

Our  heavenly  Father,  may  each  one  of  us  bring  to  this  hour  61 
Our  heavenly  Father,  we  come  to  thank  Thee  for  Thy  many 

mercies d"] 

Our  loving  Father,  we  have  come  into  this  house 44 

Our  loving  Father,  who  considerest  even  the  sparrow's  fall. .  15 

Preserve  us  blameless,  O  Lord,  in  our  goings  out 25 

Sanctify,  O  Lord,  our  souls  and  bodies  and  spirits 70 

Send  forth  Thy  light  and  Thy  truth  to  all  nations 34 

Solemnize  the  thoughts  of  our  hearts,  O  God i 

Stir  up,  we  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord,  the  wills  of  Thy  faithful.  .  71 

Teach  us  to  feed  our  Spirits  as  regularly 55 

That  Thou  hast  graciously  hearkened  to  the  desires  of  Thy 

servants 39 

The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the  love  of  God ....  73 
The  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  love  of  God,  the 

fellowship 39 

The  lines  have  fallen  unto  us  in  pleasant  places 55 

The  Lord  bless  us  and  keep  us 73 

The  Lord's  name  be  praised  for  the  work  we  are  enabled  to  do  16 

The  Lord  watch  between  me  and  thee 73 

The  peace  of  God  which  passeth  all  understanding 73 

Thou  art  not  weary  of  our  prayers il 

Thou  Eternal  not  ourselves  that  maketh  for  righteousness.  .  11 

Thou  from  whom  my  life  has  come,  to  whom  it  returns 53 

Thou  hast  visited  us  through  the  angel  of  death 57 

Thou  who  art  able  to  understand,  pity  us  tired  folk 36 

Thou  who  art  the  God  of  all  comfort  draw  near 41 

Thy  goodness  has  been  great  to  us,  may  we  make  the  best  of 

ourselves 29 

Thy  kingdom  come,  our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven  and  on 

earth 14 

99 


Unto  Him  who,  through  the  breaking  of  bread 55 

Vouchsafe  unto  us  clear  and  distinct  perceptions 31 

We  are  far,  O  our  Father,  from  the  homes  where 27 

We  beseech  Thee,  Lord,  to  behold  us  with  favor,  we  who 

subsist 35 

We  bring  to  Thee,  O  God,  as  is  most  justly  due 26 

We  humbly  beseech  Thee,  O  Lord,  give  us  knowledge  of  our- 
selves       19 

We  implore  Thy  blessing,  O  God,  on  all  the  men  and  women 

who  teach 28 

We  invoke  Thy  grace  and  wisdom,  O  Lord,  upon  all  men  of 

good  will 33 

We  praise  Thee,  O  God,  for  our  friends  and  fellow-workers . .       8 
We  pray  Thee  for  that  which  we  most  deeply  want.  ......      18 

We  remember  to-day,  those  our  sisters  who  have  met  with  us     57 
We  remember  with   reverent  love  our  friends   and   fellow- 
workers 57 

We  thank  Thee  for  our  inheritance  in  the  nation 43 

We  thank  Thee,  O  Thou  maker  and  giver  of  all  things  beau- 
tiful..      SI 

We  worship  Thee,  O  God,  in  Thy  Church  throughout  the 

world 15 

We  would  especially  ask  Thy  presence  and  guidance   .    .    . 

great  undertaking 38 

When  we  consider  Thy  heavens,  0  Lord,  the  work  of  Thy 
fingers 46 


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INDEX 

By 

Authors 

Abbott,  Dr.  Lyman •  •  5^ 

Adams,  Charlotte  H 4iS  53j 

Alcuin 3 

Alford,  Dean y  r -^l 

Anon 6S  2i\  251,  26^,  29^,  3iS  3 A  SS\  57\  69^,  74^ 

Book  of  Common  Prayer,  i^,  42,  4^,  43I,  451,  542,  58^,  69I,  7iS  73j 

Book  of  Common  Worship 9\  12',  iS\  37^ 

Book  of  Hours 5 

Book  of  Offices  and  Prayers 5^  40  • 

Bourtillon,  Francis 9\  24^,  34,  54^  57^. 

Brent,  Bishop 10'.  44^^. 

Bright,  William i^J 

Burton,  Margaret 27 

Calendar  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany 40' 

Calthrop. -63 

Carpenter,  Bishop  Boyd ocr 

Colossians '^2 

Corinthians 39^ 

Cratty,  Mabel 44^* 

Dilworth,  Richard i^ 

Drummond,  Henry 272 

J.  D .....IS' 

J.  T.  D 46s  47'. 

S  T  D.  11^  12^  I4^  20',  28S  3oS  60^. 

R.  L.  D.' 36,  45^  48,  So\  51^  S4^  55^'  '• ',  S^'-"'  ^''. 

lOI 


Fosdick,  Harry  Emerson 13 

Gelasian,  Sacramentary 21* 

Genesis 73^ 

Hunter,  J 42^ 

Howe,  Samuel  H 52^ 

Hebrews 58^ 

Joscelyne,  Bishop 70^ 

Jowett,  John  Henry 9^,  58^,  59,  612,  62,  65^,  6^^  71^ 

Luke 30" 

Manual  of  the  Guild  of  St.  Peter 29^ 

Martineau,  James 7^  24^,  252, 

Mazarabic  Liturgy 60^ 

Nash,  Henry  Sylvester 2^6^  I2^  20^,  26^  46^,  55^,  64^  68. 

Newman,  John  Henry 14^ 

Numbers 73* 

Peabody,  Francis  G 18* 

Pericles 3^ 

Porter,  Delia  Lyman 61* 

Psalms 293 

Rauschenbusch,  Walter. 8,  282,  312,  32,  33>  3S^  37^  \f,  57^  65^,  72. 

Roberts,  Richard 14.2,  15^,  162,  i6^  i/,  19^,  26^  40^  43^ 

Rockefeller,  Mrs.  Abby  Aldridge 41^ 

Roman  Breviary 5^ 

Rossetti,  Christina 4S  30^,  70^ 

Sarum  Breviary 10^ 

Shaftsbury,  Earl 181 

Speer,  Mrs.  Emma  Bailey 64^ 

Sursum  Corda 19^ 

St.  Augustine 17^ 

102 


St.  Chrysostom 2' 

St.  James 79^ 

St.  Jude 74" 

St.  Patrick 51^ 

St.  Paul 73^'  \  74'-  '• ' 

St.  Peter 74^ 

Stevenson,  Robert  Louis 35^ 

Tagore,  Rabindranath 49^ 

Taylor's  Covenant 16* 

Taylor,  Jeremy 2^ 

Treasury  of  Devotion 7^ 

Vance,  James  T 6y 

Wallace,  Lew i^ 

Weslev,  John 2* 

Wollaston,  W 31^ 

Y.  W.  C.  A. 

Dedication  Service 22,  23,  39^ 

A  Delegate's  Prayers 38^ 

Summer  Conference 49^ 


Matthew  Arnold 
Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 


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